NRA & VIRGINIA: USA's Gun Central!

"College Armed"
By Russ Hedston
Lynchburgh Ledger
April 18, 2007, A1


SECESSIA, Va. -- Legislator Sammy Joe Fulbor (R-Lynchburgh Co.) today
requested a special meeting of the Virginia House of Delegates to
consider his bill that would mandate that every student enrolled in
the state's colleges and universities be given a pistol for their
personal protection.

Saying that he was "shaken like a dry martini" by the killings at
Virginia Tech, Fulbor told reporters in his home town here that he and
the National Rifle Association had worked out a plan whereby during
semester registration all Virginia students would be given a small
caliber pistol, ammunition, and a student Certificate of Firearms
Possession.

"A lot of colleges loan their students laptops for their use during
the school term," Fulbor said. "We can do the same with student self-
protection. I've spoken to a lot of students and they tell me they'd
love to have something to protect themselves.

"It is obvious that the only way to prevent the horrific crimes we're
seeing more and more on school campuses is to give our precious
children the means to defend their persons," Fulbor said.

"If that vicious gunman would have been confronted by several armed
students during his rampage, he would've been stopped cold. In fact,
if he'd known his classmates had weapons, he probably would not have
considered his dastardly deeds. Maybe he'd of just committed suicide,
and we'd be done with it."

Benito F. Silentri, vice president of student affairs for the NRA,
accompanied Fulbor at the news briefing, stating, "We've always
supported fully-armed, but also fully-gun-trained youth. The NRA has
never advocated just placing guns in people's hands without their
being knowledgeable about firearms. We'd teach them how to shoot
straight, and shoot first!"

Silentri also told reporters that his organization continues to lobby
to permit the sale of small arms in Virginia convenience stores.

"It just makes sense," Selentri said. "It's been a longtime goal of
the NRA, and I think now we can generate the political support to make
it work in Virginia.

"Think about it. You and your family are headed to the beach or the
park. You want to stock up on soft drinks and snacks. But you know a
lot of armed Virginians will also be going there, and they'll be
consuming alcohol and whatnot. What better way to protect your family
and feel secure than to buy an inexpensive pistol and some ammo to go
with your picnic refreshments! That's confidence, that's
convenience!"

Representative Fulbor, serving his ninth two-year term in the Virginia
House of Delegates, has had tragic personal experience with criminals-
gone-wild.

In 1998, his 14-year-old niece Silki was shot and killed by an
intruder who broke into Fulbor's house while he was baby-sitting his
niece.

"We were in the bedroom and I was reading her some D.H. Lawrence book
when this crazed person of color broke through my front door and
rushed into the room.

"He fired several shots at me as my lovely niece was trying to cover
herself, and a bullet struck her right square in her bosom. I tell
you, it was terrible! She died instantly. What a waste."

"But I pulled my 9mm from my pants on the chair and shot him dead!
That shows what an armed, law-abiding citizen can do to crazed killers
if citizens have a weapon. Our young students should not be denied
the Constitutional right to keep guns in their dorms and cars."

Fulbor said he intends to request a meeting of the state legislature
by next week to take up his bill, No. 139227.

"You haven't heard the last of this. The NRA and I aim to make
Virginia the safest, best-armed state in the Union."

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On Apr 18, 9:09 am, Akneigh Wombuster wrote:
> "College Armed"
> By Russ Hedston
> Lynchburgh Ledger
> April 18, 2007, A1
>
> SECESSIA, Va. -- Legislator Sammy Joe Fulbor (R-Lynchburgh Co.) today
> requested a special meeting of the Virginia House of Delegates to
> consider his bill that would mandate that every student enrolled in
> the state's colleges and universities be given a pistol for their
> personal protection.
>
> Saying that he was "shaken like a dry martini" by the killings at
> Virginia Tech, Fulbor told reporters in his home town here that he and
> the National Rifle Association had worked out a plan whereby during
> semester registration all Virginia students would be given a small
> caliber pistol, ammunition, and a student Certificate of Firearms
> Possession.
>
> "A lot of colleges loan their students laptops for their use during
> the school term," Fulbor said. "We can do the same with student self-
> protection. I've spoken to a lot of students and they tell me they'd
> love to have something to protect themselves.
>
> "It is obvious that the only way to prevent the horrific crimes we're
> seeing more and more on school campuses is to give our precious
> children the means to defend their persons," Fulbor said.
>
> "If that vicious gunman would have been confronted by several armed
> students during his rampage, he would've been stopped cold. In fact,
> if he'd known his classmates had weapons, he probably would not have
> considered his dastardly deeds. Maybe he'd of just committed suicide,
> and we'd be done with it."
>
> Benito F. Silentri, vice president of student affairs for the NRA,
> accompanied Fulbor at the news briefing, stating, "We've always
> supported fully-armed, but also fully-gun-trained youth. The NRA has
> never advocated just placing guns in people's hands without their
> being knowledgeable about firearms. We'd teach them how to shoot
> straight, and shoot first!"
>
> Silentri also told reporters that his organization continues to lobby
> to permit the sale of small arms in Virginia convenience stores.
>
> "It just makes sense," Selentri said. "It's been a longtime goal of
> the NRA, and I think now we can generate the political support to make
> it work in Virginia.
>
> "Think about it. You and your family are headed to the beach or the
> park. You want to stock up on soft drinks and snacks. But you know a
> lot of armed Virginians will also be going there, and they'll be
> consuming alcohol and whatnot. What better way to protect your family
> and feel secure than to buy an inexpensive pistol and some ammo to go
> with your picnic refreshments! That's confidence, that's
> convenience!"
>
> Representative Fulbor, serving his ninth two-year term in the Virginia
> House of Delegates, has had tragic personal experience with criminals-
> gone-wild.
>
> In 1998, his 14-year-old niece Silki was shot and killed by an
> intruder who broke into Fulbor's house while he was baby-sitting his
> niece.
>
> "We were in the bedroom and I was reading her some D.H. Lawrence book
> when this crazed person of color broke through my front door and
> rushed into the room.
>
> "He fired several shots at me as my lovely niece was trying to cover
> herself, and a bullet struck her right square in her bosom. I tell
> you, it was terrible! She died instantly. What a waste."
>
> "But I pulled my 9mm from my pants on the chair and shot him dead!
> That shows what an armed, law-abiding citizen can do to crazed killers
> if citizens have a weapon. Our young students should not be denied
> the Constitutional right to keep guns in their dorms and cars."
>
> Fulbor said he intends to request a meeting of the state legislature
> by next week to take up his bill, No. 139227.
>
> "You haven't heard the last of this. The NRA and I aim to make
> Virginia the safest, best-armed state in the Union."
>
> ----------------

An armed society is a polite society.