Boise St. Official Warns About Costs of Gun Bill

[jpak]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/sports/20sportsbriefs-ART-guns.html

Boise State University could lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue from lost sporting and entertainment events if Idaho lawmakers approve a bill to allow guns on college campuses, a college official said. Bruce Newcomb, the university’s director of government affairs, said such a law could jeopardize hosting events like the regionals in the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament and the scheduled 2012 N.C.A.A. Division I indoor track and field championships.

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guns on campus = stupid

yup

[krispos42]

1. Yeah, because higher education is all about sports revenues.

Because I want my tax dollars to go to subsidize breeding grounds for major-league sports players for wealthy sports franchisees and giant media conglomerates.

[jpak]

2. No - it's all about turning colleges and universities into GOP/NRA social laboratories

and it's fucking stupid

yup

[krispos42]

3. You mean away from the anti-gun social laboratories they are now? n/t

[jpak]

7. Myth - and belies the GOP/NRA culture war agenda against higher education

yup

[lawodevolution]

24. why not show us an argument against CCW on campus rather than just

ranting with a potty mouth. If you think saying "f'in NRA, moran republic" is a way to debate, you should stop posting from your 3rd grade library and get back to learning how to read and write.

[rl6214]

20. And I thought you could get through a post without

your normal GOP/NRA shtick. I guess not.

Argue the issue, not the shtick.

YUP

YUP

YUP

[Hoyt]

5. Better than graduating folks who think guns should be carried everywhere & more guns improve society

[krispos42]

22. You do realize this is a passive program, right?

Nobody at the university is going to actually mandate, or strongly suggest, students concealed carry. Nobody at the university is going to offer handguns or accessories at the co-op. There's not going to be a big advertising effort touting the advantages of concealed-carry. Concealed-carry classes are not going to be part of the curriculum.

It sounds to me like you're upset because the university system isn't actively pushing an anti-gun stance.

[LAGC]

4. Native Idahoan here.

Oh, are the anti-gunners bitching and moaning in the local newspaper classifieds this morning! It's great!

More guns in more places, and the crime rate will keep going down. Imagine that.

[Kolesar]

6. You like fighting in the "newspaper classifieds"??

=aggressive attitude

[LAGC]

8. Hehe.

No, I usually keep my comments confined to the online newspaper comments section.

But it is fun to watch the antis squirm, as more and more pro-gun laws come to pass.

In the end, their unfounded fears and irrational hatred of guns will be shown to be nothing more than false hysteria.

[Kolesar]

10. How immature...eom

[jpak]

11. Those are GOP sponsored laws and there will be a backlash

GOP over-reach

yup

[LAGC]

12. Yeah, right. They'll be a backlash alright.

Namely Republican rule for the foreseeable future, if some of the Democrats don't change their tune and get fully on-board with the Second Amendment.

Many local Dems here in Idaho are supportive of the bill, just a few of the more urban dwellers (of both parties) who are complaining, as usual.

[jpak]

13. Wait and see - the GOP is going to take a BIG drubbing in 2012 and many of those laws

will be rescinded

yup

[LAGC]

14. No, Republicans are going to lose big in 2012 because they are wantonly destroying unions.

It won't be because of their support of the Second Amendment.

I doubt you're going to be seeing any of these liberal gun laws repealed, especially from these rural states where Democrats have to be pro-gun to win.

[jpak]

15. The stupid GOP/NRA gun laws will be casualties of that

yup

[LAGC]

16. Alright. If you say so.

We'll just have to wait and see what Democrats do once they are elected.

But I think after its demonstrated that all these guns on campus doesn't lead to wild-west shoot-outs and mayhem, people will realize no harm has come from it and let it stand.

[rl6214]

21. I'd be willing to put a wager on it with you over being rescinded

How about you, are you up for it?

[GKirk]

9. Who is making a determination about

where the events are held and why is this gun issue an issue?

[friendly_iconoclast]

17. Lots of colleges in Utah, Colorado & WA state host NCAA events...

and those states have such laws. I suspect this is Bruce Newcomb's personal bias more than anything else.

[aikoaiko]

18. Holy red herring. My god the anti-rkba contingency is shamelessly desperate.

I suppose losing does that to people.

[rl6214]

19. Guns aren't allowed at sporting events

NOPE

NOPE

NOPE

[lawodevolution]

23. here's a solution. Bill to allow CCW at all sporting events in the state.

[catenary]

25. You can't imagine how much we 2nd amendment and RKBA supporters appreciate you!

Well done, son...well done. :D

[AtheistCrusader]

26. Well, if the trend is any indication, maybe we can just host NCAA events in Canada.

[Euromutt]

27. Why would it make any difference?

All other things being equal, we're still talking about people who would be prepared to travel to Idaho in the first place to attend these events. Such people are already willing to accept that people just about everywhere off-campus might be carrying concealed or indeed openly, so why should it make a difference to them that people might also be carrying on-campus? Or if they're oblivious to the fact that Idaho is a "shall issue" state re: CCW and a "gold star" re: open carry, why would they even think about the possibility that *gasp* someone in the venue might be carrying?