Quote of the Day: Higher Education Edition

January 23, 2015

“Should you seek to get a degree, further your education and become a productive member of society, you should use your rights to protects yourselves and the people around you.” – Erek Culbreath, president of Students for Concealed Carry at Florida State University [via tallahassee.com]

28 COMMENTS

Alan In FL January 23, 2015 At 08:15

Amen!
Curtis in IL January 23, 2015 At 08:19

Since when are our rights and responsibilities as Americans predicated on having a college degree? The way that statement is constructed makes no sense at all.
- Ofwgkta January 23, 2015 At 08:54
  
  Don’t get your panties in a bunch. This was not a dig at those of us who have followed a non-traditional educational route, but is an attempt to draw in a demographic that would typically swing the other way on 2A rights. Which, you have to admit, would help the firearm community’s (often deserved) reputation as a bunch of uneducated yokels.
  - Curtis in IL January 23, 2015 At 09:00
    
    Too late.
    My panties are bunched over the public funds spent on that monstrosity (“art”) behind the dude. It’s amazing we let public universities piss away money on crap like that.
    - Ofwgkta January 23, 2015 At 09:09
      
      Yeah, the art is totally related to the topic at hand. :/
    - Amok! January 23, 2015 At 09:13
      
      The pic of the guy is from Europe. The sign is the symbol for the Euro in Frankfurt, Germany.
      
      Knickers untwisted.
      
      http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-39097381/stock-photo-famous-euro-sign-in-frankfurt-am-main-wide-angle-shot.html?src=&ws=0
    - MKK January 23, 2015 At 10:00
      
      Curtis, please see above comment about uneducated yokels.
    - pg2 January 23, 2015 At 10:45
      
      @FWW, that’s not “art” in the backround…do you seriously not know what that is?
    - Grindstone January 23, 2015 At 19:07
      
      Maybe we should send some public funds to educate you as to what the symbol for the euro, one of the most common currencies in the world and utilized by almost all of Europe, looks like.
    - John G. January 25, 2015 At 01:43
      
      Lol
    - Erek Culbreath April 7, 2015 At 13:30
      
      Yeah thats from Frankfurt, Germany. I agree it is a monstrosity though.
- benjy January 23, 2015 At 08:58
  
  I’m not sure I’m reading that the same way. He’s putting it forward as a conditional…”if you choose to do these things, remember to exercise your right to protect yourself”.
- Accur81 January 23, 2015 At 09:06
  
  I just took that as a challenge to college students. Most colleges are so rabidly anti-gun that statements like these stand out. If you’re pro gun at college, you’re probably pro gun everywhere.
fishydude January 23, 2015 At 08:31

I’d bet dollars to donuts that in states with conceal carry, there are spiked crime areas in and near known gun free zones like college campuses.
- Frank Masotti January 23, 2015 At 08:59
  
  Oh you mean free kill zones? I would not take that bet.
- Curtis in IL January 23, 2015 At 09:12
  
  Universities have always been hot spots for sexual assault. The concentration of young women who often walk outside at night, alone, sometimes drunk, is an enticing place for predators. The usual efforts at deterrence revolve around police presence, lighting, and encouraging students to travel in groups.
  
  Finding a statistical difference between the armed and disarmed campuses would prove difficult, since there are so many variables involved.
  - DickG January 23, 2015 At 09:46
    
    The jackal’s hang out close to their prey!
    .
    It’s just “Common Sense”, No?
  - pod January 23, 2015 At 15:55
    
    My school (U Miami)had the requisite amount of blue-light emergency phones, police presence and “student security” (students playing rent-a-cop and often being drunk or asleep on the job) and assaults, sexual and otherwise, still happened on campus. The school was an open campus, and thus all sorts of wonderful people could lurk there after-hours.
    
    The downside is that campus carry legalization would not affect UM one bit, since it’s a private institution overseen by limousine liberals.
pg2 January 23, 2015 At 09:15

What does this story have to do with Europe’s central bank? TTAG doing a little product placement advertising?
- Dan Zimmerman January 23, 2015 At 09:56
  
  That was the only pic of Mr. Culbreath I could dig up.
  - MKK January 23, 2015 At 10:09
    
    Don’t try that baloney on us Dan . It’s a conspiracy for sure.
    I’m looking at the post again, I’m sure I can tie it to the Zionists and Masons. Probably the Bush family too.
    BTW, I’m not MKK, but I can’t change the name, reverts to MKK every time I try. But that’s a conspiracy for another day.
    - defensor fortismo January 23, 2015 At 10:58
      
      Quit wasting our time with your hackneyed conspiracy theories. it’s obviously the work of the lizard people.
    - MKK January 23, 2015 At 11:47
      
      Come on, everyone knows the lizard people are with the Illuminati. Not involved in this at all. Or are they?
    - Pg2 January 23, 2015 At 12:05
      
      Looks like the disinformation dupes, ie..Alex jones, David Icke, Jordan Maxwell to name a few, have done their job well.
    - ChrisB. February 3, 2015 At 04:57
      
      Yale Cultural Cognition Project: Democrats about 20% more likely to subscribe to conspiracy theories
Bob101 January 23, 2015 At 09:30

I believe firearm safety and defensive use of a firearm should be required classes at colleges much like fencing used to be required. Kids like this should get all the support and praise we can muster.
- Enuz January 23, 2015 At 12:11
  
  As a fencing gun enthusiast (in college, hat trick!) I absolutely encourage anyone and everyone to give the sport a try. Its a beautiful game (soccer can suck it) that strengthens the mind and the character of those who practice it, and its just plain fun.
  
  It’s questionable as to how useful as a self-defense art it would be though. While it’s certainly not useless, a martial art with a more practical focus and tool of use would probably be a better option. If you think the police and citizenry is jumpy around openly carried guns, try carrying a full size rapier around on your hip.
DerryM January 23, 2015 At 10:07

You all make me feel a little better. I had an issue understanding what he’s saying (not withstanding the grammatical error). Some have pointed-out he’s appealing to the specific demographic of college students and not taking a swipe at those who choose Trade Schools or the “School of Hard Knocks” (from my observation, the former is a good choice, while the latter is “iffy” depending on the individual). His sentiment is worthy, but reads a little funky literally.

I keep seeing reports that say many college students are Conservatives nowadays and just do what they have to in order to pass classes taught by raving communist, tenured professors in the Universities. This fellow is encouraging those of his peers who are like-minded. I applaud him for that. The necessity of providing for your own self-defense applies to everyone regardless of their chosen path to a career. The exercise of your natural, civil and Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear Arms is the key to fulfilling that necessity.

Now, if we could just get a POTUS and COTUS who are on the same page, we might be able to help these young people fulfill the part about becoming “a productive member of society”. Living in your Parent’s basement while trying to cope with crushing debt incurred from Student Loans and insufficient decent-paying jobs to be found has got to be spirit killing.