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Grad student suspended after pro-gun-rights e-mail | The Iconoclast - politics, law, and technology - CNET News.com
by dc0de at 10:36 pm EDT, Oct 11, 2007 |
A Minnesota university has suspended one of its graduate students who sent two e-mail messages to school officials supporting gun rights. Hamline University also said that master's student Troy Scheffler, who owns a firearm, would be barred from campus and must receive a mandatory "mental health evaluation" after he sent an e-mail message arguing that law-abiding students should be able to carry firearms on campus for self-defense.
Holy crap. This is a time bomb... just waiting to explode... I'm off to purchase more ammo. |
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RE: Grad student suspended after pro-gun-rights e-mail | The Iconoclast - politics, law, and technology - CNET News.com
by Decius at 12:49 am EDT, Oct 12, 2007 |
dc0de wrote:
Holy crap. This is a time bomb... just waiting to explode...
While suspending a student for writing a flame letter is probably unwarranted, there is a lot of over-reaction to non-threats that has been going on in school systems since Columbine and this case is not special nor do it's advocates give a damn about the general problem. It seems obvious that he was asked to see a counselor because they thought he sounded like a lunatic who was possibly violent and not because he took a "pro-gunrights position." The later is an oversimplification that serves certain political interests. I'm not buying it. |
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RE: Grad student suspended after pro-gun-rights e-mail | The Iconoclast - politics, law, and technology - CNET News.com
by Stefanie at 12:34 pm EDT, Oct 12, 2007 |
Declan McCullagh wrote: Even some libertarians who think Scheffler was ill-treated have criticized his grammar and approach. A professor at Brooklyn College who believes the suspension was unjustified said he was nevertheless "dismayed that (Scheffler) has progressed to the master's degree level without having mastered some aspects of basic grammar."
I'm glad I'm not the only one who was thinking that. Declan McCullagh wrote: It's also inappropriate, especially in light of the Cleveland shooting on Wednesday, to try to squelch discussion of whether holders of concealed carry permits should be able to bring their sidearms on campus. It's already legal at the University of Utah and other states are considering the idea of eliminating victim disarmament zones. That may be a good idea; it may not. But universities should try to encourage debate rather than punish students for poorly written rants broaching the topic.
Agreed. |
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