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Student reported to police for talking about concealed carry

Via Campus Reform

Leandra Westbrook getting in some target practice at a shooting range.

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Leandra Westbrook, a junior at Kent State University, claims she was wrongfully detained by campus police after students overheard her talking about her concealed carry license.

Westbrook, a junior studying political science, told Campus Reform that she had a phone conversation with a friend on the afternoon of April 27, during which she lamented “how it is a shame that I cannot carry a gun on campus, considering I have my carry license.”

“In the conversation I had, there was no way to misinterpret what I said, or to even suggest that I had a gun with me.”

Student cadet officers overheard Westbrook’s conversation, and then reported her to campus police at approximately 12:00 p.m., according to a copy of the police report obtained by Campus Reform.

Then, just before Westbrook was slated to take a quiz for her anatomy class, police entered the lecture hall of 200 students and she was “removed from class and searched,” according to both Westbrook and the police report.

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Trump “Strongly” Considering Concealed Carry In Schools

President Trump suggested that arming teachers would be an effective method of preventing future school shootings while sitting down for a listening session on school shootings at the White House on Wednesday.

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“If you had a teacher who was adept at firearms, they could very well end the attack very quickly, and the good thing about a suggestion like that — and we’re going to be looking at it very strongly, and I think a lot of people are going to be opposed to it. I think a lot of people are going to like it. But the good thing is you’re going to have a lot of [armed] people with that,” said the President.

Trump said that athletic director at Stoneman Douglas High School, Chris Hixon, had “saved a lot of lives,” however if he had been armed, he could have saved more.

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CONCEALED CARRY IN AMERICA

Via Springfield Armory

Barry Loudermilk wants concealed carry for lawmakers in DC after Scalise shooting

Via Washington Examiner 
One Republican lawmaker believes that concealed carry reciprocity for members of Congress should be considered as part of possible security upgrades after House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., was shot at practice for the congressional charity baseball game early Wednesday morning.Under Rep. Barry Loudermilk’s proposal, members who are allowed to conceal carry a weapon in their home state would be able to in Washington. Loudermilk, R-Ga., said the problem is that the nation’s capital does not recognize concealed carry licenses from other states.

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CCW Weekend: The Benefits Of Being “Mr. Gray” And Keeping A Low Profile

By Sam Hoober, Alien Gear Holsters

Part of responsible concealed carry is not looking for trouble, and the importance of doing so is two-fold. The first is that not looking for trouble means that trouble may not find you that easily. (Granted, it just might anyway; you never know what may happen.) The second is that a person who seeks out confrontation could be painted in a negative light in the wrong situation.

To elaborate on that point a little better, a person who goes around picking fights or trying to police others could be painted as wanting to get in a fight or armed confrontation. Many prosecutors and juries would see that as a sign that a person instigated or deliberately engaged in gunfire because they wanted to, not because they had to in order to live.

There are definitely people out there who have tried to use “self-defense” as a justification for what were clearly acts of summary vengeance. Such people usually are looking for a reason to shoot or kill someone and are usually found out and sentenced accordingly.

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