Along with a fellow College Republicans chapter member at Portland State University, we crafted the idea of petitioning the university to create a “murder-free zone” as a satire of gun-free zones.After all, if a gun-free zone by itself could prevent criminals from bringing weapons onto campus, then certainly a murder-free zone would stop all violent deaths on campus, not just those caused by firearms.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Satire Requires a Deft Touch
Anything that agitates a campus bureaucrat who is obsessed with "triggering" issues is to be encouraged. If one's argument is sound, one need not fear disagreement or seek to have it suppressed. Christianity taught me that.