College Of William & Mary To Ban Guns

College Of William & Mary To Ban Guns

Virginia Citizens Defense League
Virginia Citizens Defense League

Covington VA –-(Ammoland.com)- Apparently the College of William & Mary is now planning on banning guns in its buildings by creating a regulation!

More reckless endangerment – why would any university or college want to create another Cho-friendly environment?

Usually when they want to put their power and egos ahead of your safety. W&M needs to be reminded that there will be a price for doing this: NO GUNS, NO FUNDS!

Here is an article on the subject: From the Virginia Gazette:

W&M unholsters policy against guns. Prohibited in buildings and at events
By Susan Robertson

WILLIAMSBURG — A glaring hole in weapons regulations at the College of William & Mary has prompted the administration to tighten up.

Ever since the Virgina Tech shootings, administrators have been edgy about guns.

A weapons policy for the college had been cobbled together from the Code of Virginia and college handbooks, but amazingly no cohesive regulation existed. A proposed rule went before the Board of Visitors this week.

Guns and other weapons would be prohibited in buildings or at campus events, but otherwise they aren’t expressly prohibited on the grounds. Everyone is covered, including visitors…

View this link for the complete article: https://tinyurl.com/4xjbmgv

ACTION ITEMS: Action item #1 is for non-alumni, while Action Item #2 is for alumni-only.

ACTION ITEM #1

Tell the William & Mary President (W. Taylor Reveley III), Board of Visitors Administrative Assistant (Sandra J. Wilms), and the Fiscal Manager (Inez Burnett) that the proposed gun ban is unacceptable.

Email addresses: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Suggested subject: Do not further endanger students, visitors, and faculty!

Suggested message:

Concealed handgun permit holders should be able to protect themselves while at W&M! Permit holders, who must be at least 21-years-old, are among the most law-abiding citizens, believing in law-and-order to the extent that they get the training and pass a background check to get a permit. A citizen who has a drinking or a drug problem, or who has shown himself or herself to be a violent person is not qualified to get a permit.

Permit holders can already carry a handgun virtually everywhere they go, including the General Assembly, banks, restaurants, malls, state and local government buildings, festivals, and libraries. Some states, such as Utah, allow permit holders to carry in universities and colleges and have had no negative consequences. Quite the contrary, Utah universities and colleges would be a very inhospitable place for criminals to strike.

The police simply cannot be everywhere at once. Even a delay of one or two minutes for a police response could make the difference between life and death for someone. On top of that, a victim getting to a call box or making a call on their cell phone while in the middle of a violent criminal attack is usually impossible.

The College should not be making disarmed victims of citizens who the General Assembly and the circuit courts have specifically authorized as safe and competent to carry arms in their own defense.

I urge the College to allow concealed handgun permit holders to carry a concealed handgun on campus for self-defense.

ACTION ITEM #2 – for W&M alumni only

Tell the William & Mary President (W. Taylor Reveley III), Board of Visitors Administrative Assistant (Sandra J. Wilms), and the Fiscal Manager (Inez Burnett) that the proposed gun ban is unacceptable and that you will not contribute ANY more money to the College if they proceed with the ban.

Email addresses: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Suggested subject: No more donations to W&M!

Suggested message:

I cannot in good conscience make any more donations to W&M if the College proceeds with the proposed regulation that would disarm law-abiding concealed handgun permit holders. I will also be contacting other alumni to ask that they not donate to the College either.

Concealed handgun permit holders should be able to protect themselves while at W&M! Permit holders, who must be at least 21-years-old, are among the most law-abiding citizens, believing in law-and-order to the extent that they get the training and pass a background check to get a permit. A citizen who has a drinking or a drug problem, or who has shown himself or herself to be a violent person is not qualified to get a permit.

Permit holders can already carry a handgun virtually everywhere they go, including the General Assembly, banks, restaurants, malls, state and local government buildings, festivals, and libraries. Some states, such as Utah, allow permit holders to carry in universities and colleges and have had no negative consequences. Quite the contrary, Utah universities and colleges would be a very inhospitable place for criminals to strike.

The police simply cannot be everywhere at once. Even a delay of one or two minutes for a police response could make the difference between life and death for someone. On top of that, a victim getting to a call box or making a call on their cell phone while in the middle of a violent criminal attack is usually impossible.

The College should not be forcing a permit holder to render himself defenseless just to enter campus grounds and it is wrong of the College to ask them to do so.

I urge the College to allow concealed handgun permit holders to carry a concealed handgun on campus for self-defense. In the meantime, my checkbook is closed.

About:
Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc. (VCDL). VCDL is an all-volunteer, non-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to defending the human rights of all Virginians. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a fundamental human right. Visit: www.vcdl.org

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Anon

Sent an email and President Reveley responded with confusion stating that nothing had changed and wondering what prompted my email. The article from the Virginia Gazette is gone (if it ever existed) and no trace of any gun story on W&M College exists other than here and on the VCDL page which seem to be copies of each other.

Bottom line…not sure any of this is for real, and now we look like idiots.