I'm still really surprised by this whole thing. I hope they do offer it to students. If so, I will encourage my daughter to attend. I have instructed her in firearms safety, handling and shooting. However, she has never attended a "formal" class. I still would like to know what prompted this, though.
I'm still really surprised by this whole thing. I hope they do offer it to students.
I still would like to know what prompted this, though.
I'm just curious about the motive for the class. My daughter is a student at Ball State and I am well aware of the University policy on firearms. I always got the impression that Ball State is anti-gun in their attitude. This seems odd to me.
They are collecting the names of "gun interested" employees for the next purge...
I still would like to know what prompted this, though.
That is not exactly completely true... supposedly some may be allowed.
I need to make a correction to my earlier post, there is no current plan to allow students in, though it is not out of the realm of possibility.
Apologies for the confusion.
A lot of what will happen to this class in the future depends on how much interest there is. If this one isn't well attended, they will likely not offer it in the future.
There is no ulterior motive to this class.
handgun is correct, this class came about as a direct result of inquiries and requests from campus employees.
I'd be worried about liability. The first person that took this class and is involved in a "bad" shoot, look to see if BSU isn't named on the "defendant" line.
Maybe the students need to make an outcry for such precious training... and their rights as civilians..
I wonder how a push for a pistol competion team would go over at a state school..
I will have to email a bsu friend to see if hes up for a challenge
Rose hulman has a rifle team
I'd be worried about liability. The first person that took this class and is involved in a "bad" shoot, look to see if BSU isn't named on the "defendant" line.
This is great! What a great way to educate students on firearms safety!
A friend and I tried that at BSU. We couldn't get a faculty member to sponsor a group. We approached a CJ and ROTC professors, if I recall correctly. Of course, that was 5 or 6 years ago, and hopefully things have changed for the better since then.
A friend and I tried that at BSU. We couldn't get a faculty member to sponsor a group. We approached a CJ and ROTC professors, if I recall correctly. Of course, that was 5 or 6 years ago, and hopefully things have changed for the better since then.
Trine University in Angola has a strong Criminal Justice program and a hangun team. I think they are pretty active with it. Its not technically a state school nor private? When I looked at going there I checked into it. The pistol range is almost on campus.
There was a group of us that tried to get a .22 rifle team started, back in the '07-'08 school year. We eventually approached the dean, actually, as I was a presidential scholarship recipient (and I believe one of the others involved was one as well).
It didn't go very far. We had to go talk to the Campus PD, who told us we'd have to go find a range to shoot at, and we'd have to lock up our .22 rifles at the police station 24/7 unless we were at a shooting event or scheduled practice event. Even that sounded ok, but then the administration pretty much laughed in our faces and that was that.