Comments on: Evers Files New Bill To Allow Guns On Campuses http://www.northescambia.com/2015/08/evers-files-new-bill-to-allow-guns-on-campuses Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:28:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: chris in Molino http://www.northescambia.com/2015/08/evers-files-new-bill-to-allow-guns-on-campuses/comment-page-1#comment-304314 chris in Molino Fri, 07 Aug 2015 23:24:34 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=224200#comment-304314 @ Sedition & Marshall--- AMEN !! Marshall, the reason criminals aren't prosecuted enough and commit crime over and over is simple. It will bolster the government's plan to take away guns altogether by showing they can't stop crime. Similar to the huge waste of money on the " war on drugs ". They can stop all kinds of terrorism plots to kill mass people but can't stop truck loads of dope coming in. Really ? @Kate- Even if you were right- somebody has to balance the huge push to yuppify America by the liberals and their media puppets who are the real domestic terrorists. I say terrorists because they are destroying this (once) great nation and its (once) great people without firing a shot or detonating a bomb. God Bless all who believe in Jesus. Thank you Mr. Evers Corrections Officers --- Quit whining. @ Sedition & Marshall— AMEN !!
Marshall, the reason criminals aren’t prosecuted enough and commit crime over and over is simple. It will bolster the government’s plan to take away guns altogether by showing they can’t stop crime. Similar to the huge waste of money on the ” war on drugs “. They can stop all kinds of terrorism plots to kill mass people but can’t stop truck loads of dope coming in. Really ?
@Kate- Even if you were right- somebody has to balance the huge push to yuppify America by the liberals and their media puppets who are the real domestic terrorists.
I say terrorists because they are destroying this (once) great nation and its (once) great people without firing a shot or detonating a bomb.
God Bless all who believe in Jesus.
Thank you Mr. Evers
Corrections Officers — Quit whining.

]]> By: Sedition http://www.northescambia.com/2015/08/evers-files-new-bill-to-allow-guns-on-campuses/comment-page-1#comment-304308 Sedition Fri, 07 Aug 2015 21:21:58 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=224200#comment-304308 Lee... Those same "kids" (21 year olds) are the same ones out there fighting in foreign countries for your freedom. Don't project your own temptations to "push boundaries" upon their shoulders. Lee…

Those same “kids” (21 year olds) are the same ones out there fighting in foreign countries for your freedom.
Don’t project your own temptations to “push boundaries” upon their shoulders.

]]> By: Marshall http://www.northescambia.com/2015/08/evers-files-new-bill-to-allow-guns-on-campuses/comment-page-1#comment-304302 Marshall Fri, 07 Aug 2015 18:33:51 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=224200#comment-304302 "LEE" - A couple of your statements are a stretch in your want to ban firearms from College Campuses... When kids first get to college, in most cases anyway, they are 18-19 years of age. You can not get a Concealed Weapons Permit until the age of 21, so most have been in College for at least two years before they can legally carry a firearm. So the just getting away from home and trying new things is long gone by the time they are able to procure a Weapons Permit. While I realize that underage drinking does occur on college campuses, as well as in the real world, technically they can not legally drink until the age of 21 either. Since you think that this is such a bad idea, you should be able to provide multiple instances of problems from other States that have allowed Campus Carry for years...right? Problem is, those States have not had the issues that you describe, and have proceeded with no problems. If you have those cases of problems, please reply, as I can not find them. “LEE” – A couple of your statements are a stretch in your want to ban firearms from College Campuses…

When kids first get to college, in most cases anyway, they are 18-19 years of age. You can not get a Concealed Weapons Permit until the age of 21, so most have been in College for at least two years before they can legally carry a firearm. So the just getting away from home and trying new things is long gone by the time they are able to procure a Weapons Permit.

While I realize that underage drinking does occur on college campuses, as well as in the real world, technically they can not legally drink until the age of 21 either.

Since you think that this is such a bad idea, you should be able to provide multiple instances of problems from other States that have allowed Campus Carry for years…right? Problem is, those States have not had the issues that you describe, and have proceeded with no problems. If you have those cases of problems, please reply, as I can not find them.

]]> By: Lee http://www.northescambia.com/2015/08/evers-files-new-bill-to-allow-guns-on-campuses/comment-page-1#comment-304299 Lee Fri, 07 Aug 2015 16:22:00 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=224200#comment-304299 Evers needs to do some research on the development of the frontal lobe before he decides allowing guns on college campuses is a good idea. Having worked on a university campus, I can tell you that "kids" (yes, they are still kids) and guns are not a good mix. Many of these "young adults" (aka "kids") are away from home for the first time. Even "good" kids who have never had a beer are testing new boundaries. They are often keeping odd hours, meeting new people who they are likely quick to trust, and have that on top of the world, "I am invincible" feeling common among young adults who are learning to fly. Mix liquor, hormones and guns and you are looking for trouble. And, yes, rapes do occur on campuses. However, most of them are a result of alcohol use and/or failure to use common sense and failure to follow campus safety precautions. Evers needs to do some research on the development of the frontal lobe before he decides allowing guns on college campuses is a good idea. Having worked on a university campus, I can tell you that “kids” (yes, they are still kids) and guns are not a good mix. Many of these “young adults” (aka “kids”) are away from home for the first time. Even “good” kids who have never had a beer are testing new boundaries. They are often keeping odd hours, meeting new people who they are likely quick to trust, and have that on top of the world, “I am invincible” feeling common among young adults who are learning to fly. Mix liquor, hormones and guns and you are looking for trouble. And, yes, rapes do occur on campuses. However, most of them are a result of alcohol use and/or failure to use common sense and failure to follow campus safety precautions.

]]> By: Marshall http://www.northescambia.com/2015/08/evers-files-new-bill-to-allow-guns-on-campuses/comment-page-1#comment-304274 Marshall Fri, 07 Aug 2015 00:48:44 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=224200#comment-304274 "K" - I can answer your question about why Law Enforcement has to wait three days vs someone with a Concealed Weapons Permit getting their Handgun right away. Now, if someone does not have the permit, they also have to wait three days, which is the waiting period set up by the Florida Legislature. I actually posed this question to Mr. Evers, when a relative of mine (a Police Chief) who is Law Enforcement, had to wait. When the Florida Legislature was taking up the Concealed Carry Law in Florida, the various Police Organizations did not want to put their support behind the Law so requested that Law Enforcement would have to follow the same laws as a normal citizen. So due to this, in order to bypass the 3 day waiting period, Law Enforcement Officers must also have a Concealed Weapons Permit. They can actually thank the same organizations that are supposed to be supporting them for this waiting period issue. So until this is brought up again, which is unlikely, in the State Legislature...Law Enforcement will be under the waiting period unless they have a CWP. “K” – I can answer your question about why Law Enforcement has to wait three days vs someone with a Concealed Weapons Permit getting their Handgun right away. Now, if someone does not have the permit, they also have to wait three days, which is the waiting period set up by the Florida Legislature.

I actually posed this question to Mr. Evers, when a relative of mine (a Police Chief) who is Law Enforcement, had to wait. When the Florida Legislature was taking up the Concealed Carry Law in Florida, the various Police Organizations did not want to put their support behind the Law so requested that Law Enforcement would have to follow the same laws as a normal citizen. So due to this, in order to bypass the 3 day waiting period, Law Enforcement Officers must also have a Concealed Weapons Permit. They can actually thank the same organizations that are supposed to be supporting them for this waiting period issue. So until this is brought up again, which is unlikely, in the State Legislature…Law Enforcement will be under the waiting period unless they have a CWP.

]]> By: K http://www.northescambia.com/2015/08/evers-files-new-bill-to-allow-guns-on-campuses/comment-page-1#comment-304267 K Thu, 06 Aug 2015 21:54:46 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=224200#comment-304267 Mr. Evers. Please address the law that requires a state certified law enforcement officer to wait 3 days to purchase a weapon but someone with a CCW permit can get one without a wait. Mr. Evers.
Please address the law that requires a state certified law enforcement officer to wait 3 days to purchase a weapon but someone with a CCW permit can get one without a wait.

]]> By: Marshall http://www.northescambia.com/2015/08/evers-files-new-bill-to-allow-guns-on-campuses/comment-page-1#comment-304266 Marshall Thu, 06 Aug 2015 21:50:10 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=224200#comment-304266 Zach - You may be pretty close to right on that. But there is a problem with the Gun Control issue that you rarely hear about. Take Chicago, where they are reportedly taking many illegal guns off the streets daily. Illegal Gun Possession is a Federal Crime that is rarely prosecuted on a Federal Level. In our great United States, there are 90 Federal Districts, with a Federal Prosecutor in each district. Chicago is one of the worse areas in our Country for Gun Crime, but is #90 or of 90 Districts in Federal Gun Prosecutions. In other words, the area with some of the highest gun crime rates in the Nation, is last in Federal Prosecutions. Even the Chicago Police complain that they arrest them and the criminals are right back on the street again...with Illegal Guns...again. Pretty Simple Really...Murder, Burglary, Assault, Straw Purchases, Rape and ETC...are already Illegal and can all be charged Federally, especially if a Firearm is involved...but it is rarely ever done. Want to fix some of the Gun Crime Problems...start prosecuting the criminals to the "Full Extent" of the law. Zach – You may be pretty close to right on that. But there is a problem with the Gun Control issue that you rarely hear about. Take Chicago, where they are reportedly taking many illegal guns off the streets daily. Illegal Gun Possession is a Federal Crime that is rarely prosecuted on a Federal Level.

In our great United States, there are 90 Federal Districts, with a Federal Prosecutor in each district. Chicago is one of the worse areas in our Country for Gun Crime, but is #90 or of 90 Districts in Federal Gun Prosecutions. In other words, the area with some of the highest gun crime rates in the Nation, is last in Federal Prosecutions. Even the Chicago Police complain that they arrest them and the criminals are right back on the street again…with Illegal Guns…again.

Pretty Simple Really…Murder, Burglary, Assault, Straw Purchases, Rape and ETC…are already Illegal and can all be charged Federally, especially if a Firearm is involved…but it is rarely ever done. Want to fix some of the Gun Crime Problems…start prosecuting the criminals to the “Full Extent” of the law.

]]> By: zach http://www.northescambia.com/2015/08/evers-files-new-bill-to-allow-guns-on-campuses/comment-page-1#comment-304258 zach Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:39:55 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=224200#comment-304258 Why is this even a debate? The right to self defense does not end because you step onto an imaginary "gun free zone". I'm starting to think that people who support "gun control" have a mild mental illness. Why is this even a debate? The right to self defense does not end because you step onto an imaginary “gun free zone”. I’m starting to think that people who support “gun control” have a mild mental illness.

]]> By: Marshall http://www.northescambia.com/2015/08/evers-files-new-bill-to-allow-guns-on-campuses/comment-page-1#comment-304210 Marshall Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:24:10 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=224200#comment-304210 "BOB" - Don't think you have done a lot of research into Gun Laws and their relationship to Gun Crime. Pretty simple...take a look at Chicago or D.C. just for two. Chicago has possibly the strictest gun laws of any City in this Nation...but on just the 4th of July Weekend I believe the stats were 42+ Shot and 10+ Dead...from Gun Violence only. Take a look at Gun Crime in our Nations Capital and you will find the same High Gun Crime Rate, and they have only issued approximately 20 Concealed Weapons Permits since the Federal Decision ending their ban on Concealed Carry. And for your question about New York or New Orleans...it will definitely be New Orleans, where they allow us the 2nd Amendment Right to Keep and Bear Arms. With my Florida CWP I can carry in New Orleans...Legally. New York does not respect our Rights and only issues permits to the Rich and Famous, or rather Friends of the Gov and etc. And for you statement about the NRA Training...it is the same for everyone...the Class is only a Start to teach you the Fundamentals of Firearms and Shooting. It is your continued training and range time that improves your competency. I would bet that I spend more time at the range that most Law Enforcement Officers and also probably have more training under my belt than they do. Starting at about 6 years old, three tours of Nam, and continued on. I don't think you could ever count on me firing 19 times and you would still be standing. “BOB” – Don’t think you have done a lot of research into Gun Laws and their relationship to Gun Crime. Pretty simple…take a look at Chicago or D.C. just for two. Chicago has possibly the strictest gun laws of any City in this Nation…but on just the 4th of July Weekend I believe the stats were 42+ Shot and 10+ Dead…from Gun Violence only. Take a look at Gun Crime in our Nations Capital and you will find the same High Gun Crime Rate, and they have only issued approximately 20 Concealed Weapons Permits since the Federal Decision ending their ban on Concealed Carry. And for your question about New York or New Orleans…it will definitely be New Orleans, where they allow us the 2nd Amendment Right to Keep and Bear Arms. With my Florida CWP I can carry in New Orleans…Legally. New York does not respect our Rights and only issues permits to the Rich and Famous, or rather Friends of the Gov and etc.

And for you statement about the NRA Training…it is the same for everyone…the Class is only a Start to teach you the Fundamentals of Firearms and Shooting. It is your continued training and range time that improves your competency. I would bet that I spend more time at the range that most Law Enforcement Officers and also probably have more training under my belt than they do. Starting at about 6 years old, three tours of Nam, and continued on. I don’t think you could ever count on me firing 19 times and you would still be standing.

]]> By: c.w. http://www.northescambia.com/2015/08/evers-files-new-bill-to-allow-guns-on-campuses/comment-page-1#comment-304192 c.w. Wed, 05 Aug 2015 17:38:34 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=224200#comment-304192 It's well passed the time that evers needs to go. He proposes some of the dumbest things. Do something right for once, get the correction officers a big raise. It’s well passed the time that evers needs to go. He proposes some of the dumbest things. Do something right for once, get the correction officers a big raise.

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