Cal Poly students have been driven to action after the events in Parkland, Florida.
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Cal Poly College Republicans hold empty gun holster event to protest national student walkout for gun control
The College Republicans called the national walkout for gun control a “temper tantrum.”
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Student opinions on gun control
Following the school shooting in Florida, students are talking about gun control and mental illness.
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Why I regret the Second Amendment
Brandon Bartlett is a political science senior and Mustang News conservative columnist. You awake to the sound of shattering glass. Your eyes instinctively flicker to your clock as it proclaims 3:27 a.m. Paralyzed by fear, you pray that the noise will not come again. Crash! What was that?! You hear footsteps playing the familiar tune […]
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Gov. Brown considering bill to ban concealed carry on campuses
As the nation mourns another tragic school shooting, Gov. Jerry Brown is considering legislation that would ban concealed carry of handguns at colleges and schools in California. The mass shooting last Thursday at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon marked the 45th school shooting in the U.S. so far in 2015. This trend has rapidly […]
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School shootings must end
I’ve always been a strong supporter of “good guys having guns.”
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Because if no one is safe, everyone is
Our nation has been through extensive dialogue on the role of guns and gun rights in our daily lives. I have heard endless arguments from the plethora (I love the word plethora; this has been a public service announcement) of sides, such as advocating a ban on handguns or positing increased numbers of guns carried at public schools in the interest of safety.
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New York Times bestseller to speak on gun control
Alexandria Scott lexiscott.md@gmail.com The heated debate on gun control policy has both liberal and conservative viewpoints, and the Cal Poly College Republicans will host a speaker to discuss the latter today. Katie Pavlich is an alumnus from the University of Arizona with a degree in journalism who has reported on topics ranging from White House […]
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The politics of gun control
Jessica Burger jburger@mustangdaily.net Polarized political views are creating problems in the current national conversation on gun violence and policy following the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn., which took the lives of 27 people this past December. In Washington, the National Rifle Association (NRA) publicly announced it would lobby for armed security guards in […]
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Campuses and concealed weapons
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net In a time when gun control is a high-profile issue, an important aspect of mass shootings is sometimes overlooked in the midst of federal and state arms legislature — that of weapon control on college campuses. The question of concealed weapon laws on college campuses is a matter of state legislature, according […]
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UPD: Cal Poly prepared for Sandy Hook-style shooting
Sean McMinn seanmcminn.md@gmail.com After a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School murdered 20 children and six school employees, people at Cal Poly began asking University Police Department Chief George Hughes if the school was prepared for such a shooting. He answered them with a definite “yes.” Hughes said university police and Cal Poly administrators have […]