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Mary Etheldreda 02-28-2014 04:53 PM

Greg Hampikian, Professor of Biology at BSU Asks, "When May I Shoot a Student?"
 
Friends, these folks in Idaho are trying to get on board with the modern era of peace and justice. Boise State University is fighting to join the ranks of Colorado, Kansas, Mississippi, Oregon (I know, right?), Utah and Wisconsin to allow students and professors to carry concealed weapons on college campuses, while 23 other states, including Idaho, leave it up to the colleges to decide. Sadly, because they are so behind the times, the professors are not sure how to navigate this new world of safety. Let's pray for him to not only see the light of Christ, but to know how to identify the lack of the light of Christ in others. That is, after all, the only sure way to know the "bad guy."

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1st John 1:7



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TO the chief counsel of the Idaho State Legislature:

In light of the bill permitting guns on our state’s college and university campuses, which is likely to be approved by the state House of Representatives in the coming days, I have a matter of practical concern that I hope you can help with: When may I shoot a student?

I am a biology professor, not a lawyer, and I had never considered bringing a gun to work until now. But since many of my students are likely to be armed, I thought it would be a good idea to even the playing field.

I have had encounters with disgruntled students over the years, some of whom seemed quite upset, but I always assumed that when they reached into their backpacks they were going for a pencil. Since I carry a pen to lecture, I did not feel outgunned; and because there are no working sharpeners in the lecture hall, the most they could get off is a single point. But now that we’ll all be packing heat, I would like legal instruction in the rules of classroom engagement.

At present, the harshest penalty available here at Boise State is expulsion, used only for the most heinous crimes, like cheating on Scantron exams. But now that lethal force is an option, I need to know which infractions may be treated as de facto capital crimes.

I assume that if a student shoots first, I am allowed to empty my clip; but given the velocity of firearms, and my aging reflexes, I’d like to be proactive. For example, if I am working out a long equation on the board and several students try to correct me using their laser sights, am I allowed to fire a warning shot?

If two armed students are arguing over who should be served next at the coffee bar and I sense escalating hostility, should I aim for the legs and remind them of the campus Shared-Values Statement (which reads, in part, “Boise State strives to provide a culture of civility and success where all feel safe and free from discrimination, harassment, threats or intimidation”)?

While our city police chief has expressed grave concerns about allowing guns on campus, I would point out that he already has one. I’m glad that you were not intimidated by him, and did not allow him to speak at the public hearing on the bill (though I really enjoyed the 40 minutes you gave to the National Rifle Association spokesman).

Knee-jerk reactions from law enforcement officials and university presidents are best set aside. Ignore, for example, the lame argument that some drunken frat boys will fire their weapons in violation of best practices. This view is based on stereotypical depictions of drunken frat boys, a group whose dignity no one seems willing to defend.

The problem, of course, is not that drunken frat boys will be armed; it is that they are drunken frat boys. Arming them is clearly not the issue. They would cause damage with or without guns. I would point out that urinating against a building or firing a few rounds into a sorority house are both violations of the same honor code.

In terms of the campus murder rate — zero at present — I think that we can all agree that guns don’t kill people, people with guns do. Which is why encouraging guns on campus makes so much sense. Bad guys go where there are no guns, so by adding guns to campus more bad guys will spend their year abroad in London. Britain has incredibly restrictive laws — their cops don’t even have guns! — and gun deaths there are a tiny fraction of what they are in America. It’s a perfect place for bad guys.

Some of my colleagues are concerned that you are encouraging firearms within a densely packed concentration of young people who are away from home for the first time, and are coincidentally the age associated with alcohol and drug experimentation, and the commission of felonies.

Once again, this reflects outdated thinking about students. My current students have grown up learning responsible weapon use through virtual training available on the Xbox and PlayStation. Far from being enamored of violence, many studies have shown, they are numb to it. These creative young minds will certainly be stimulated by access to more technology at the university, items like autoloaders, silencers and hollow points. I am sure that it has not escaped your attention that the library would make an excellent shooting range, and the bookstore could do with fewer books and more ammo choices.

I want to applaud the Legislature’s courage. On a final note: I hope its members will consider my amendment for bulletproof office windows and faculty body armor in Boise State blue and orange.

Witch Hammer 02-28-2014 10:52 PM

Re: Greg Hampikian, Professor of Biology at BSU Asks, "When May I Shoot a Student?"
 
The professor should shoot whenever the Holy Spirit moves him to. The thundering voice of God is real and should never be ignored, nor quelled by "satan's little helpers", such as thorazine, haldol or depakote.

9.999 out of 10 secular college students have engaged in either buggery or bulldykery, so the odds are stacked in his favor that even if he does mortally wound any students, he will simply be carrying out God's will as laid out for us in Leviticus 20:13.

I don't think he has anything to worry about...

A Follower 03-01-2014 01:27 AM

Re: Greg Hampikian, Professor of Biology at BSU Asks, "When May I Shoot a Student?"
 
As he is a biology professor I expect him to shoot whatever student brings up any of that evolution claptrap. God has clearly said in not just one, but the first two(!) commandments that only He may be served as God, nothing else. To suppose Darwin created the world and life is a crime for which God requires a de facto death penalty.

Nobar King 03-01-2014 08:48 AM

Re: Greg Hampikian, Professor of Biology at BSU Asks, "When May I Shoot a Student?"
 
I'm looking forward to the day when an armed teacher stops the next trench-coat goth school shooter. I think all teachers should be armed and not emasculated by the parent lobby.

Godfly 03-01-2014 03:09 PM

Re: Greg Hampikian, Professor of Biology at BSU Asks, "When May I Shoot a Student?"
 
I can't imagine a better senerio than a gunman comming into a school and finding all the teachers and students armed. Sure many of the people returning fire will be untrained and frightened. Some may not even know who started the shooting, but can you think of a better situation for God to show his mercy? There are no stray bullets in God's world. God will guide the bullets into the hearts of the wicked and protect the righteous! Not only will the gunman know justice but also the masterbator who sits next to you in class and the slut across the room.

I fire my own guns into the air for much the same reason. The bullets will fly from the sky like angels and do God's work.


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