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<blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 3091295" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p>Interesting in that the Oklahoma SDA already makes allowance for personnel at college campuses to carry a firearm IF given approval by the college president. I retired as a VP of Student Services some 4 years ago from higher education here in Oklahoma, having worked at 4 different colleges in the state system. Even though I am also a retired Marine Infantry Officer, am pretty highly trained in the use of weapons, and the use and application of deadly force, and was one of the first in the state to receive my SDA Instructor License (#18) , and sought such permission from each of the presidents I worked for, I was never given permission to carry. I was denied each and every time I sought such permission. Why? because the chancellor, Glenn Johnson, is totally against guns on campus and stated so loudly and repetitively over the years. None of the presidents was about to buck the chancellor, after all. Higher Ed in Oklahoma is nothing, if not highly political. (You.Do.Not.Buck.The.Chancellor.) The law may pass, but teachers and administrators at any level may still face insurmountable hurdles to actually carrying a gun until the people who run things wake the hell up and realize that our schools, to include the college campuses, are nothing more than a barrel full of fish for a deranged person who wants to kill as many as he can. It's stupid. It's incredibly hand-wringing stupid. Ostrich heads in the sand. (Maybe the bad man will not come to MY school, at least not while I'm in charge).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="druryj, post: 3091295, member: 10465"] Interesting in that the Oklahoma SDA already makes allowance for personnel at college campuses to carry a firearm IF given approval by the college president. I retired as a VP of Student Services some 4 years ago from higher education here in Oklahoma, having worked at 4 different colleges in the state system. Even though I am also a retired Marine Infantry Officer, am pretty highly trained in the use of weapons, and the use and application of deadly force, and was one of the first in the state to receive my SDA Instructor License (#18) , and sought such permission from each of the presidents I worked for, I was never given permission to carry. I was denied each and every time I sought such permission. Why? because the chancellor, Glenn Johnson, is totally against guns on campus and stated so loudly and repetitively over the years. None of the presidents was about to buck the chancellor, after all. Higher Ed in Oklahoma is nothing, if not highly political. (You.Do.Not.Buck.The.Chancellor.) The law may pass, but teachers and administrators at any level may still face insurmountable hurdles to actually carrying a gun until the people who run things wake the hell up and realize that our schools, to include the college campuses, are nothing more than a barrel full of fish for a deranged person who wants to kill as many as he can. It's stupid. It's incredibly hand-wringing stupid. Ostrich heads in the sand. (Maybe the bad man will not come to MY school, at least not while I'm in charge). [/QUOTE]
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