The Annoyed Man wrote:Yah........ maybe I should have highlighted the reason for my original comment. I get it that McRaven is NOT a supporter of the RKBA, and I knew that before my original post. But my point was to the technical issue of whether or not a gun would just "fire off" all by its onesies, without something or someone to initiate the trigger. Surely he knows enough about firearms to know that they will not.SHogun62 wrote:The Annoyed Man wrote:Has he talked to his boss? You know.....McRaven, the former navy SEAL? If HE affirms that possibility, then we know the fix is in.Skiprr wrote:UT-Austin President Greg Fenves had previously argued that a "chambered-round" provision, which would have prohibited people carrying on campus from keeping a bullet in their gun chambers, was needed to prevent guns from accidentally firing off.
Despite his record in the military, McRaven has already made it clear he opposed the new law in it's entirety. What I find most ironic is that virtually all of the people who would be carrying concealed are members of the ever increasing veteran population(myself included). You'd think that being a veteran himself, he'd be all for the majority of CHL carriers on campus being individuals with extensive firearms training.
Ahh, my mistake, gotcha. To that I would say that even here in UTD, we have quite a few instructors that, despite their years of higher education, still seem to think a firearm will just up and empty itself without the carrier doing anything but transporting it.