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onehandle

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33. 'Most college students don’t want guns on their campuses'
Tue Dec 31, 2013, 09:18 PM
Dec 2013

The vast majority of students at 15 Midwestern colleges and universities do not want concealed handguns on their campuses, says a new study from Ball State University.

“Student Perceptions and Practices Regarding Carrying Concealed Handguns on University Campuses” found that 78 percent of students in the Midwest oppose allowing concealed handguns on campuses and would not obtain a permit to carry one, if it were made legal.

The study surveyed 1,649 undergraduate college students and was recently published in the Journal of American College Health.

“Firearm morbidity and mortality are major public health problems that significantly impact our society,” said study co-author Jagdish Khubchandani, a member of Ball State’s Global Health Institute and a community health education professor in the university's Department of Physiology and Health Science.

http://cms.bsu.edu/news/articles/2013/9/students-say-no-to-concealed-weapons-on-campus

Tick-tock, old white men with performance issues.

What am I missing? pipoman Dec 2013 #1
Synopsis of decision is available here: djg21 Dec 2013 #2
The Second Amendment is not absolute Gothmog Dec 2013 #3
not all of it bossy22 Dec 2013 #6
If you can't count, you probably shouldn't be playing with a gun. IveWornAHundredPants Dec 2013 #15
people miscount all the time bossy22 Dec 2013 #21
Wow, that was a really intellectual answer. Ranchemp. Jan 2014 #51
As the country crowds and bluifies, non-gun nuts (the majority) will demand gun control. nt onehandle Dec 2013 #4
Doesn't seem to be happening that way does it? bossy22 Dec 2013 #10
overwhelming majority of americans really don't care enough anything.. frylock Dec 2013 #13
pretty much bossy22 Dec 2013 #16
Gun owners often have a considerable amount of money invested in their hobby. ... spin Dec 2013 #34
A main reason why many gun owners have the "don't give an inch" attitude is bossy22 Dec 2013 #36
Gun owners have a LONG memory of the efforts by the gun control advocates ... spin Dec 2013 #38
and we have given several inches Duckhunter935 Dec 2013 #39
I firmly support requiring the states to input data into the NICS background check system ... spin Dec 2013 #41
Like Moron Labe gun fanciers are rational on the gun problem. We remember C Heston and Hoyt Jan 2014 #45
Despite the skyrocking sale of firearms and the stockpiling of ammo in recent years... spin Jan 2014 #46
violent crime and firearm crime are both approaching an all time low Bandit Jan 2014 #53
True. Violent crime in significant down in both New York City and Chicago ... spin Jan 2014 #55
They call it the future for a reason. onehandle Dec 2013 #29
that assumes that younger generations will be more pro-control bossy22 Dec 2013 #30
'Most college students don’t want guns on their campuses' onehandle Dec 2013 #33
You need to take a class in elementary statistical analysis bossy22 Dec 2013 #35
Aw. Are gun trolls wetting their depends at the prospects of the future? onehandle Dec 2013 #37
Considering the success that the gun control advocates have enjoyed in recent years ... spin Dec 2013 #40
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. onehandle Dec 2013 #42
Beep. Beep, Beep. Beep. back. (n/t) spin Jan 2014 #47
Hmmm! Ranchemp. Jan 2014 #50
sounds reasonable nt Deep13 Dec 2013 #5
Here is the actual opinion, I down loaded it from PACER happyslug Dec 2013 #7
Footnotes are here happyslug Dec 2013 #14
This decision doesn't fly ... BKLawyer Jan 2014 #52
Judge is a George H.W. Bush nominee alp227 Dec 2013 #8
Presidents do NOT pick Federal District Judges, Senators do... happyslug Dec 2013 #11
I'd prefer a law cosmicone Dec 2013 #9
How about a law that required HIV+ individuals to wear a yellow jacket bossy22 Dec 2013 #12
That's the only difference, is it? IveWornAHundredPants Dec 2013 #17
yes, to those who think that way bossy22 Dec 2013 #20
I'd support your ridiculous and irrelevant counter argument cosmicone Dec 2013 #23
So is public safety only gauged by the capability of a person/object bossy22 Dec 2013 #27
oh brother cosmicone Dec 2013 #31
the knife argument is even less logical bossy22 Dec 2013 #32
Perhaps not within minutes, but ... JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2013 #43
I was going to suggest that Jews wear a yellow star or something Packerowner740 Jan 2014 #54
So you support OPEN CARRY? happyslug Dec 2013 #19
I said "possessing a gun" cosmicone Dec 2013 #24
That may help identify a criminal that is intent on doing harm to innocents seveneyes Dec 2013 #26
Think carefully about your idea. ... spin Dec 2013 #44
The law wouldn't ban an unarmed person from wearing such a jacket though. cosmicone Jan 2014 #48
So you would wish to look like an armed person? ... spin Jan 2014 #49
The whole 7 in 10 thing was stupid to begin with. bobclark86 Dec 2013 #18
extremely bossy22 Dec 2013 #22
Personally, I think Barney Fife had the right idea. Hoyt Dec 2013 #28
Hahaha 'muzzle break'. AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #25
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