{"id":90355,"date":"2023-02-25T10:12:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T16:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=90355"},"modified":"2023-02-25T10:12:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T16:12:29","slug":"90355","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=90355","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Marshall University Prof: Cops and Vets Earn Their Second Amendment Rights Through Months of Training<\/a><\/p>\n

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So nice when they provide such clear photography for future positive ID\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The presidents of West Virginia University and Marshall University penned a joint letter to legislators opposing the bill in late January.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that our boards of governors are best suited to decide whether guns should be permitted on campus,\u201d the letter reads. \u201cWe therefore do not support statewide campus carry.\u201d<\/p>\n

The presidents of West Virginia State University, Concord University and Shepherd University wrote a separate letter saying they strongly support the Second Amendment but \u201chave serious reservations about the significant public safety challenges\u201d that the bill would present.<\/p>\n

\u201cIntroducing firearms into this already challenging environment could have unintended consequences,\u201d the letter says, referencing increased suicide rates and concern that the presence of firearms could stifle the free exchange of ideas.<\/p>\n

West Virginia Public Broadcasting reported that at a public hearing last week, 40 people spoke and nearly everyone opposed the bill.<\/p>\n

Marshall University professor Chris White said the bill doesn\u2019t have enough safety measures in place. Formerly a Marine Corps infantryman, he referenced months of training that military and police officers go through \u201cto earn that Second Amendment right and carry those weapons in public.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNone of those safety controls will be imposed on our students or anybody else who comes on to campus,\u201d White said, according to WVPB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marshall University Prof: Cops and Vets Earn Their Second Amendment Rights Through Months of Training So nice when they provide such clear photography for future positive ID\u00a0 The presidents of West Virginia University and Marshall University penned a joint letter to legislators opposing the bill in late January. \u201cWe believe that our boards of governors … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crap-for-brains","category-education-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90357,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90355\/revisions\/90357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}