[Vision2020] House Bill 222 - Weapons on campus

[Tom Hansen]

I have recorded both days of testimony that took place before the House
State Affairs Committee.

If interested, I will edit out those portions concerning the Moscow incident.

The testimony, referred to by Lynn McCollough), was presented by a UI
professor who also claimed to have been a long-time member of the San Luis
Obispo (California) Police Department and life member of the NRA.  He went
on to strongly encourage passage of House Bill 222.

There was also another interesting item of testimony related to the Boise
State campus.  It seems that there are transients that spend a
considerable amount of time on the BSU campus.  I don't recall if it was
said whether or not these transients "live" on the BSU campus or not.  The
person presenting the testimony went on to state that many of these
transients are mentally imbalanced and armed and, as such, the students
should be permitted to carry firearms on campus for protection.

Thoughts?

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho




On Thu, March 10, 2011 11:15 pm, Saundra Lund wrote:
> Hi Lynn,
>
> Huh -- I don't know anything about it and am as curious as you are to know
> more.
>
> I can't fathom why he'd be suing the University of Idaho since he lived
> off-campus and the Jason Hamilton shooting took place off campus.  Maybe
> he's suing the UI for a refund of fees paid for that semester?
>
> I can't help but editorialize:  yet *another* example to defeat the
> rationale (and I use the term loosely) of gun nuts.  Having a gun didn't
> do
> Husmann a bit of good other than to give him a false sense of confidence
> to
> think that a civilian voluntarily entering a gun battle was a smart thing
> to
> do.
>
>
> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
>
> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
> nothing.
> ~ Edmund Burke
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Lynn McCollough
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 10:17 PM
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] House Bill 222 - Weapons on campus
>
> The following is a quote from today's Boise Weekly:
>
> "Marty Peterson, assistant to the president of the University of Idaho,
> talked about a 2007 incident when a sniper terrorized the community of
> Moscow.
>
> "We had a U of I student grab his .45 caliber pistol and head toward the
> sniper," said Peterson. "The sniper proceeded to fire 31 rounds at the
> student, hitting him with three bullets. Fortunately he lived, but that
> student is now suing the university."
>
> Is the person who grabbed their .45 really suing the U of I? I had not
> heard
> of this action resulting from that tragic incident. I do not understand
> how
> anyone could possibly include the University as having something to defend
> re. this tragedy of domestic violence escalating horrifically. Does anyone
> know more about this?
> Lynn
>
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