Kingpin008
Active Member
Hey all. I usually post over on THR, but Norton aksed me to post about this here as well, once I got things all figured out.
So here it is - the long and short of it is that after this latest shooting in Illinois, I found that I couldn't stop thinking about how horrible it is that the people who were killed and wounded that day had no reason to think that they'd go to class that day, only to end up the targets of a madman's rage.
I can't sit in class anymore and not divide my attention between my instructor, and listening for the sound of gunshots. It's sick.
And even if my college had a pro-defense policy (which it doesn't), it wouldn't matter much anyway, since even if I did want to carry on campus, I'd be risking a felony charge rathet than simple expusion. So rather than attack the college and it's policies directly as being insufficient, I tried to offer a more general message, while providing the link to marylandshallissue.org so people could go explore the site and get an idea of what they can do right here in MD to help fight for the ability to carry a comcealed weapon. Once we get that taken care of, THEN we can start to work on the specifics, like campus carry.
And even if nobody cares about what I'm doing, and nobody visits the site after seeing the address on my hoodie, it's worth it to me. Because at least I didn't stay quiet. So without further ado, here's a few pics of my hoodie, which will be on my back starting this Monday, everytime I'm on the campus of Howard Community College. If you see me, please feel free to say howdy.
Always looking for new friends, and people to hit the range with!
After painting, drying out:
The finished product:
(sorry for the sideways pic, I have no idea why it's doing that and can't fix it!)
So here it is - the long and short of it is that after this latest shooting in Illinois, I found that I couldn't stop thinking about how horrible it is that the people who were killed and wounded that day had no reason to think that they'd go to class that day, only to end up the targets of a madman's rage.
I can't sit in class anymore and not divide my attention between my instructor, and listening for the sound of gunshots. It's sick.
And even if my college had a pro-defense policy (which it doesn't), it wouldn't matter much anyway, since even if I did want to carry on campus, I'd be risking a felony charge rathet than simple expusion. So rather than attack the college and it's policies directly as being insufficient, I tried to offer a more general message, while providing the link to marylandshallissue.org so people could go explore the site and get an idea of what they can do right here in MD to help fight for the ability to carry a comcealed weapon. Once we get that taken care of, THEN we can start to work on the specifics, like campus carry.
And even if nobody cares about what I'm doing, and nobody visits the site after seeing the address on my hoodie, it's worth it to me. Because at least I didn't stay quiet. So without further ado, here's a few pics of my hoodie, which will be on my back starting this Monday, everytime I'm on the campus of Howard Community College. If you see me, please feel free to say howdy.
Always looking for new friends, and people to hit the range with!
After painting, drying out:
The finished product:
(sorry for the sideways pic, I have no idea why it's doing that and can't fix it!)
