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Posted: 1:09 p.m. April 6, 2010

Student group opposes gun restriction

By Lori Higgins

Free Press Education Writer

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Issues surrounding carrying concealed guns on college campuses in Michigan are coming to a head at Oakland University this week.

Students who are part of a new student group, called OU Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, are walking around with empty holsters to raise awareness of their views. And the university is anticipating some armed advocates for carrying weapons on campus will attend a Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday.

Michigan laws allow those with a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Even so, the university bars weapons on campus.

But there currently is legislation in Lansing that would prohibit universities from regulating the carrying of guns on college campuses, Chief Sam Lucido of the Oakland University Police Department said. OU officials are opposed to any such prohibition.

Lucido said he met with the student group last week and the leaders agreed to call off their demonstration. But they changed their minds over the weekend, he said. Despite that, he said, few students have been seen walking around campus with empty holsters.

[Danno 1,228]

Posted: 1:09 p.m. April 6, 2010

Student group opposes gun restriction

By Lori Higgins

Free Press Education Writer

Comments (104) Recommend Print E-mail Letter to the editor Share

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Issues surrounding carrying concealed guns on college campuses in Michigan are coming to a head at Oakland University this week.

Students who are part of a new student group, called OU Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, are walking around with empty holsters to raise awareness of their views. And the university is anticipating some armed advocates for carrying weapons on campus will attend a Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday.

Michigan laws allow those with a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Even so, the university bars weapons on campus.

But there currently is legislation in Lansing that would prohibit universities from regulating the carrying of guns on college campuses, Chief Sam Lucido of the Oakland University Police Department said. OU officials are opposed to any such prohibition.

Lucido said he met with the student group last week and the leaders agreed to call off their demonstration. But they changed their minds over the weekend, he said. Despite that, he said, few students have been seen walking around campus with empty holsters.

Thats funny...... because even the sight of an "empty holster" is enough to make some piss their pants.

[luckytxn 2,265]

Here's a story.

Got my attention.

Have a rear shot of that weapon?

[Calypso 464]

Do you know what's worth fighting for

When it's not worth dying for?

Does it take your breath away

And you feel yourself suffocating?

Does the pain weigh out the pride?

And you look for a place to hide?

Did someone break your heart inside?

You're in ruins

When you're at the end of the road

And you lost all sense of control

And your thoughts have taken their toll

When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul

Your faith walks on broken glass

And the hangover doesn't pass

Nothing's ever built to last

You're in ruins

Did you try to live on your own

When you burned down the house and home?

Did you stand too close to the fire?

Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone

When it's time to live and let die

And you can't get another try

Something inside this heart has died

You're in ruins

One, 21 guns

Lay down your arms

Give up the fight

One, 21 guns

Throw up your arms into the sky

You and I

-21 Guns, Green Day

[Danno 1,228]

Suspect in home invasion shot by homeowner

TBO.com

Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies are working a burglary and home invasion this afternoon where a homeowner shot a suspect inside the home.

At around 2:30 p.m., the homeowner was sleeping when he heard noises in another part of the home, located at 12118 Hazen Ave. He grabbed his handgun, entered another bedroom and found two men in the room, the sheriff's office said.

The homeowner got into a struggle with one suspect. During the fight, the homeowner shot the suspect, the sheriff's office said.

The injured suspect was transported to Tampa General Hospital. The second suspect ran away the scene.

Stay with TBO.com for updates.

[Danno 1,228]

Feds want reporting for high-powered rifle sales

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL, Associated Press – Mon Dec 20, 1:36 pm ET

WASHINGTON – The federal agency that monitors gun sales wants weapons dealers near the Mexican border to start reporting multiple sales of high-powered rifles, according to a notice published in the Federal Register.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has asked the White House budget office to approve an emergency request requiring border-area gun dealers to report the sales of two or more rifles to the same customer within a five-day period.

The emergency request, published Friday in the Federal Register, is likely to face stiff opposition from gun rights advocates, including the National Rifle Association. ATF wants the Office of Budget Management to approve the request by Jan. 5.

NRA officials did not immediately return a telephone message for comment Monday. Last week the group's chief lobbyist, Chris Cox, told the Washington Post that the "NRA supports legitimate efforts to stop criminal activity, but we will not stand idle while our Second Amendment is sacrificed for politics." The Post first reported the proposal.

High-powered rifles have become the weapon of choice for Mexico's warring drug cartel. More than 30,000 people have been killed in Mexico's drug war since President Felipe Calderon launched an offensive against the powerful drug gangs shortly after taking office in late 2006.

Officials on both sides of the border have said weapons bought legally in the United States are routinely smuggled into the Mexico. The proposed reporting requirement would apply to sales of two or more semi-automatic guns more powerful than .22-caliber rifles that use a detachable magazine within a five-day period.

ATF, which tracks weapons found in Mexico and has tied tens of thousands of recovered guns to U.S. dealers, has been criticized for not doing enough to curb the flow of guns to Mexico, where firearms sales are highly restricted.

Last month a Justice Department report on the agency's Operation Gunrunner criticized the program as being narrowly focused on individual gun buyers and not larger smuggling organizations believed responsible for significant numbers of guns being shipped across the border.

Currently there are no reporting requirements for rifles.

If approved by the White House, the new reporting requirement would affect nearly 8,500 border-area gun dealers in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas and be in place for 180 days.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101220/ap_on_re_us/us_gun_sales_reporting_2

[luckytxn 2,265]

We just had a pawn shop owner that was being robbed shoot and kill all three robbers. I pray for that business owner. He was injured but doing OK now physically.

[Danno 1,228]

We just had a pawn shop owner that was being robbed shoot and kill all three robbers. I pray for that business owner. He was injured but doing OK now physically.

All three?