COLLEGE CAMPUSES

[Archer]

At IUPUI, it is not illegal to carry, but it is against the school's policies. If you are caught, you will be expelled. It's a choice you have to make. Personally, when I attended school there, I carried; typically appendix or in an ankle holster. We got enough "emergency" e-mails about people getting robbed at gunpoint walking around campus to not be able to defend myself. Not to mention cowering in a corner of a classroom with multiple doors if the next Cho is walking around shooting people is NOT my idea of a good strategy. Thankfully, I no longer spend that much of my time in a place that places such little weight on self-responsibility.

 

[Redhorse]

At IUPUI, it is not illegal to carry, but it is against the school's policies. If you are caught, you will be expelled. It's a choice you have to make. Personally, when I attended school there, I carried; typically appendix or in an ankle holster. We got enough "emergency" e-mails about people getting robbed at gunpoint walking around campus to not be able to defend myself. Not to mention cowering in a corner of a classroom with multiple doors if the next Cho is walking around shooting people is NOT my idea of a good strategy. Thankfully, I no longer spend that much of my time in a place that places such little weight on self-responsibility.

Aren't you a member of SCC?

 

[deltaecho]

At IUPUI, it is not illegal to carry, but it is against the school's policies....

Disgusting. I'll look into SCC.

 

[Redhorse]

Why this hasn't became a real issue in Indiana yet is bewildering to me. This should be addressed in he near future and we as gun owners should do something about it. The fact that I am forcibly disarmed and barred from my right to self preservation simply because I'm on a college campus is ludicrous.

 

[Compatriot G]

Why this hasn't became a real issue in Indiana yet is bewildering to me. This should be addressed in he near future and we as gun owners should do something about it. The fact that I am forcibly disarmed and barred from my right to self preservation simply because I'm on a college campus is ludicrous.

Actually, nobody is forcing you to disarm on a college campus. It is just a policy. I have carried on a college campus, as a visitor. As the saying goes, concealed means concealed.

 

[Slither3]

If you are a student, you have to follow different rules than if you aren't. I go to Purdue and don't carry on campus because the cops will show up right away since some kid got shot last semester. The police are paranoid in West Lafayette.

 

[Redhorse]

Actually, nobody is forcing you to disarm on a college campus. It is just a policy. I have carried on a college campus, as a visitor. As the saying goes, concealed means concealed.

The administrators force you to by threat of expulsion if caught. You carried as a visitor, and I've carried, as a visitor, but I won't as a student​ with thousands of dollars already invested in my future. Thus, I am being forced to disarm and it should be illegal for colleges to do so.

 

[Redhorse]

If you are a student, you have to follow different rules than if you aren't. I go to Purdue and don't carry on campus because the cops will show up right away since some kid got shot last semester. The police are paranoid in West Lafayette.

I encourage you to look into SCC as well. The more support we have, the greater the chance that campus carry will pass.

 

[Dirtebiker]

Why this hasn't became a real issue in Indiana yet is bewildering to me. This should be addressed in he near future and we as gun owners should do something about it. The fact that I am forcibly disarmed and barred from my right to self preservation simply because I'm on a college campus is ludicrous.

Who has " forcibly disarmed" you?

 

[Bill B]

Who has " forcibly disarmed" you?

It doesn't always mean physically.

 

[Redhorse]

Who has " forcibly disarmed" you?

The administrators via threat of expulsion. Please read my post in its entirety and commit again. If a future and thousands of dollars seem to not have a value to you, then I'm afraid you won't understand my point. I cannot afford to be expelled and it should be illegal for a publicly funded college to ban the right to carry when it is apart of the State Constitution.

 

[chezuki]

I cannot afford to be expelled

I hope you never have to re-evaluate that statement.

 

[deltaecho]

The administrators via threat of expulsion. Please read my post in its entirety and commit again. If a future and thousands of dollars seem to not have a value to you, then I'm afraid you won't understand my point. I cannot afford to be expelled and it should be illegal for a publicly funded college to ban the right to carry when it is apart of the State Constitution.

if I had any rep to give.

 

[Redhorse]

I hope you never have to re-evaluate that statement.

I sincerely hope I don't either. I must ask, have you attended college in recent years (I have no idea who you are so no way of knowing)? Because if you have, you'll know the enormous pressures we feel as students. If you mean do I value school over my life, unfortunately I do. you should have seen the enormous risks I took driving this winter.

if I had any rep to give.

Just come back to this thread when you do However, I thought you only needed 50 posts to unlock all that stuff (classifieds, reps, etc.)?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Post 1 - Contains question
Post 2 - Contains answer

Confounds me how many pages are required after that.

 

[Archer]

Aren't you a member of SCC?

I was, and participated in the empty holster protest every spring.

 

[Redhorse]

I was, and participated in the empty holster protest every spring.

 

[chezuki]

I participate in a "full holster" silent protest every time I'm on campus... among other places.

 

[rhino]

I sincerely hope I don't either. I must ask, have you attended college in recent years (I have no idea who you are so no way of knowing)? Because if you have, you'll know the enormous pressures we feel as students. If you mean do I value school over my life, unfortunately I do. you should have seen the enormous risks I took driving this winter.

Are you suggesting that current students experience more "enormous pressures" than students in the past?

 

[Redhorse]

Are you suggesting that current students experience more "enormous pressures" than students in the past?

Not exactly but to a point. From what I've been told and given the current job market, more and more employers want employees with a degree. I am suggesting there is an enormous amount of pressure when it comes to taking the risk of carrying on campus. My point is this pressure and risk shouldn't exist in indiana, not with the right to carry being clearly defined in the State Constitution. Here's what college age carriers have to ask themselves: carry and risk being expelled (forfeiting thousands of dollars and potentially their future) but having the security a firearm can provide or not carry and not risk being expelled but risk becoming a victim due to mass-kill zones.
Yes, I believe this is a serious consideration for all college age carriers and not something that can be taken lightly.