Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
20 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Two Weeks Ago Utah Approved Guns On Campuses (Original Post) MayReasonRule Sep 2025 OP
If only Charlie Kirk had had a gun yesterday, he'd still be alive, right? lastlib Sep 2025 #1
I prefer a well regulated militia .... BOSSHOG Sep 2025 #7
You're exactly right, of course. lastlib Sep 2025 #15
I gotcha fine and dandy My Friend BOSSHOG Sep 2025 #17
I believe he had armed security Johonny Sep 2025 #20
Looks like someone took advantage of one of their short sited decisions. Omnipresent Sep 2025 #2
Unbelievable surfered Sep 2025 #3
While looking up info on this, I came across an item that struck me as odd 70sEraVet Sep 2025 #4
"Yes, open carry is legal on Utah college campuses: Breaking down Utah gun law after Charlie Kirk shooting" W_HAMILTON Sep 2025 #5
Nothing says a well regulated militia BOSSHOG Sep 2025 #18
Obviously, Utah Valley University is not a place of higher learning. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sep 2025 #6
They are learning the higher cost of BattleRow Sep 2025 #8
Where did you get this information? ChicagoTeamster Sep 2025 #9
Do you think that the assassin would not have acted if guns were not allowed on campus? totodeinhere Sep 2025 #13
I'm referring to the two weeks timeline. ChicagoTeamster Sep 2025 #14
LOL, 200 yards away on a college campus is, uh, still the college campus. W_HAMILTON Sep 2025 #16
Kirk has superseded remembrance of September 11.. BattleRow Sep 2025 #10
Utah another state I will never set foot in for my safety. kimbutgar Sep 2025 #11
oh, the irony Mr. Sparkle Sep 2025 #12
K&R UTUSN Sep 2025 #19

lastlib

(27,404 posts)
1. If only Charlie Kirk had had a gun yesterday, he'd still be alive, right?
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 06:53 AM
Sep 2025

"Good guy with a gun"?

Well, at least no one has to listen to any more of his idiocy.

BOSSHOG

(44,553 posts)
7. I prefer a well regulated militia ....
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 09:19 AM
Sep 2025

Something fake patriots do not have tattooed on their arm. A good guy with a gun is irrelevant except to those who insist on killing in the name of “their” constitution relative to the bug du jour they have stuck up their butt on any given given day for killing.

lastlib

(27,404 posts)
15. You're exactly right, of course.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 11:42 AM
Sep 2025

Righties made the same crack about Vince Foster back in the 90s, and even after Sandy Hook et al. I was making it a parody about their nonsense. Maybe I should've used the sarcasm smilie?

BOSSHOG

(44,553 posts)
17. I gotcha fine and dandy My Friend
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:22 PM
Sep 2025

There is static when conversing with a tone deaf agenda regardless of logic

Johonny

(25,275 posts)
20. I believe he had armed security
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 03:19 PM
Sep 2025

It's just that there's not much they could do about it.

70sEraVet

(5,202 posts)
4. While looking up info on this, I came across an item that struck me as odd
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 08:34 AM
Sep 2025
Students at the University of Utah are also permitted under the law to have a firearm inside their vehicle and dorm room. Students who do not wish to room with another student who has a firearm are required to request a room change, per the university's guidelines.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/a-utah-law-revised-in-may-allows-anyone-older-than-18-to-open-carry-firearms-on-college-campuses/ar-AA1MjaqO?ocid=BingNewsSerp

It seems that, for Utah college students, there is greater freedom for gun owners than there is for students who do not want to live with a gun owner!

W_HAMILTON

(10,014 posts)
5. "Yes, open carry is legal on Utah college campuses: Breaking down Utah gun law after Charlie Kirk shooting"
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 08:34 AM
Sep 2025
It is legal to openly carry a gun on Utah’s public university and college campuses with very few exceptions.

In fact, Clark Aposhian, a national firearm lobbyist and the chair of the Utah Shooting Sports Council, said the state is possibly the most permissive in the country when it comes to guns and what few laws restrict them, including in higher education spaces.


Taken from: https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2025/09/11/utah-campus-gun-law-breaking-down/

BOSSHOG

(44,553 posts)
18. Nothing says a well regulated militia
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:42 PM
Sep 2025

Then open carry. But I’ve yet to see a fake patriotista adorn his body with such constitutional nonsense in the form of a tattoo.

ChicagoTeamster

(361 posts)
9. Where did you get this information?
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 09:37 AM
Sep 2025

Utah has allowed guns on college campuses since 2004. They're the only state to do so.

totodeinhere

(13,686 posts)
13. Do you think that the assassin would not have acted if guns were not allowed on campus?
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 09:49 AM
Sep 2025

That is very illogical.

ChicagoTeamster

(361 posts)
14. I'm referring to the two weeks timeline.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 10:45 AM
Sep 2025

Utah has allowed "college carry" since 2004 although Universities fought against it. Supposedly a rifle has been found in the woodline 200 yards away so weapons on campus now have no bearing on the shooting.

W_HAMILTON

(10,014 posts)
16. LOL, 200 yards away on a college campus is, uh, still the college campus.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 11:59 AM
Sep 2025

Furthermore, the now THIRD person of interest is reported to have used a campus stairwell to get on the roof of a campus building where he fired his rifle, so he was on the campus -- assuming you can trust Patel's FBI this third time...

Mr. Sparkle

(3,599 posts)
12. oh, the irony
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 09:46 AM
Sep 2025

i some how missed the utah governor talking about that in the press conference yesterday .

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Two Weeks Ago Utah Approv...