In this post I reported how this group, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, have been protesting the fact that they are prohibited from carrying their self-defence firearms on their university campuses.
On this afternoon’s show, I talked with one of the group’s organisers, Stephen Feltoon, about the protest, their cause, the arguments against their position and how they can improve their odds of being allowed to defend themselves in the classroom.
Click the play button to hear the entire interview (11 mins). Subscribe to the podcast (left) to get all the audio posted on this site.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Quinney // Nov 2, 2007 at 9:14 am
This is a great interview John, is there anywhere else on the web I can hear your show? This guy really knew what he was talking about which is refreshing, I wish more college students were like that.
2 Illinois campus shooting and gun control // Feb 15, 2008 at 11:57 am
[…] Perhaps we’ll never understand why someone would walk onto a university campus and try to kill as many innocent people as possible. But there’s one thing absolutely certain: tough laws banning guns have never stopped it happening. On the contrary, tough laws banning guns make it easier to accomplish! If only one of those innocent students in that room yesterday had been carrying a firearm for self-defense, there’s a good chance that lives may have been saved by the actions he could have taken on behalf of himself and his fellow students. Instead, the law prevented him doing that, and essentially created the circumstances in which they could become victims. (Listen to my interview with a representative of a student group fighting for their right to protect themselves by clicking here.) […]
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