Positive article on campus carry in... Marie Claire!

[Gildas]

Marie Claire is not the sort of magazine I'd normally read (we have it as my wife won a free subscription to it) but flipping though this month's issue we came across an article which covered guns and campus CCW in a positive light! Its just a short piece, but no PSH in sight - not even the obligatory quote from an anti.

The article is not online, so I have retyped it in full.

The Pitch: Why I Want a Gun on Campus

There was a time when being loaded on the quad mean you'd drunk too much "mystery punch." But for Students for Concealed carry on Campus (SCCC), a 24,000-strong group - whose membership spiked after the Virginia Tech massacre and Northern Illinois State shooting - it's about the right to carry a gun to class. We asked member Laura Elizabeth Morales of the University of Texas in San Antonio to explain:

"Right now you can bring a gun to the mall but not to school. Having a gun isn't unsafe; not having one is unsafe. Concealed carry is for law-abiding citizens. To get a permit in Texas, you have to submit your mental-health history and go through 10 hours of safety training. As a girl walking from class at night, I don't feel safe with just a knife or pepper spray. I'm not sure what I'd do if something bad happened, but I don't want to be defenseless. Once we get the law passed, I'm going to get my permit and a small Glock that will fit in my purse."

Writer: Samantha Cleaver

I guess you would file that under the 'We're winning' files.