That would be Chris White who is against what this W. Virginia bill would allow (reformatted, emphasis mine) this restoration of a specific Right in a certain location and whose view can be seen as “Safetyism trumps EVERYTHING!” (er, I’ve heard something like this before Chris Sununu, can you help me out on this):
A West Virginia bill allowing concealed guns at colleges is one step away from law
A bill that would allow people to carry concealed weapons at public college campuses in West Virginia passed by a landslide in the state’s House of Delegates on Tuesday…The Campus Self-Defense Act was passed 29-4 in the state’s Senate chamber last week and then 84-13 in the state’s House on Tuesday…The measure now heads to the desk of Gov. Jim Justice,a Republican. He hasn’t made any public indication of whether he will sign it into law.
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Marshall University professor Chris White said the bill doesn’t have enough safety measures in place. Formerly a Marine Corps infantryman, he referenced months of training that military and police officers go through “to earn that Second Amendment right and carry those weapons in public.”
“None of those safety controls will be imposed on our students or anybody else who comes on to campus,” White said, according to WVPB.
Too bad for you. I do wonder if the “good” Professor has studied up on that part of the US Constitution that he took an oath to protect and defend. This means he has to observe and “affirm” (like how the Trans-Authoritarisms demand we affirm their lifestyle choices – or else!) as well. Most professors are supposed to be smart so one would think that Prof. White would be careful about his word selection and sentence construction.
I also know that a couple of Groksters, both prior US Marines (a retired Lt. Col. and another a retired Chief Warrant Office who oversaw the armory at Parris Island), would have GRAVE consternations over his mandate that a Right is superseded by mandatory training…
Sidenote: Can we demand that White take a re-training class on both an English class and the US Constitution before he ideologically blubbers over it? Free Speech is a Right so what’s good for my gander should be dandy for his, yes?
…simply because (my words, not from NPR’s post):
Rights are inherent to being a human and not “earned”. Rights are also not geolocated, either.
“Earned” means that it is a privilege, not a Right. Which means that Government would grant such at its whim. Or not.
Not Sorry: Rights override Government. Government doesn’t create Rights nor hand them out – God and Nature’s God do and our Constitution recognizes it. Government can only deprecate or remove your ability to use your Rights.
I do wonder if the “good” Professor has studied up on that part of the US Constitution that he took an oath to protect and defend as a Marine. That oath meant that he has to observe and “affirm” it as well.
Doesn’t seem like it, does it?
(H/T: NPR)
