Fighting for Your Right of Campus Carry - #2A
Gun rights advocates push to legalize firearms on college campuses
Gun rights advocates push to legalize firearms on college campuses
(Independent Florida Alligator) - The debate over whether guns should be allowed on college campuses took center stage Tuesday night as gun rights advocates and political candidates gathered at The Swamp Restaurant for a panel discussion.
About 35 students and community members attended the discussion hosted by UF College Republicans. Panelists Logan Edge, the executive director of Florida Gun Rights, and Marshall Rawson, a candidate for Florida House District 10, sat at a table with an American flag and a UF College Republicans flag displayed nearby.
Florida law generally prohibits firearms on college campuses, with limited exceptions, but advocates at the event argued the restrictions infringe on Second Amendment rights. The issue drew renewed attention to campus gun policies.
The meeting began with an opening prayer from Rawson, followed by a remembrance of Gen. Robert E. Lee, a slave owner and commander of the Confederate States Army.
Rawson discussed the significance of the Second and First amendments, highlighting the encroachment on Second Amendment rights by banned bump stocks, red-flag laws and restricted open carry.
“Our founders, when they wrote the Second Amendment … the Second Amendment specifically stated the right to bear arms shall not be infringed,” Rawson said. “We’ve stepped backwards tremendously when…
Maybe cuz they taught us gun safety in school
We had guns in the racks in trucks in our high school parking lot cuz we were hunting before and after school and didn’t have any school shooters