Owning weapons is a public safety concern.

In one of the most intense social settings in this country, a college campus, there are requirements to remove volatile content from young adults under the stress of learning and belonging to a new social situation that could dictate the direction of their lives.

Welcome to Old Town, Maine (click here)

Within Old Town, Maine is the University of Maine. Maine is one of the areas of the USA that has a lot of wilderness content to their lifestyles. Lucky ducks. I remember my Brother-In-Law stating one of his hurdles to making money on his newspaper route were the moose. They would charge at him at certain times of years and send him in the ditch with his bike.

Consequently, people carry guns. Hunting rifles and shotguns. They hunt. They act to keep down the populations of moose and other wildlife. It actually serves to maintain the health of the wilderness as they don't starve due to population stress. So, there are real kinships in Maine surrounding guns. But. There are also problems that might be described as "The Hatfields and the McCoys."

Weapons and Ammunition Prohibition: (click here)

No weapon or ammunition shall be worn, displayed, used, or possessed on campus.

Weapons may be stored on campus under the control of the Director of University Police Department and in accordance with the policy and procedures of the Office of Public Safety.

The Chief of University Police Department may grant permission in writing to an individual to possess a weapon or ammunition on campus for instructional purposes and in other special circumstances and under conditions as approved by the Chief.

The people of Old Town, Maine have a right to find peace of mind with a changing population at the university from year to year. The Seniors graduate and the Freshmen arrive. Old Town is not necessarily the students hometown and their families may or may not live nearby. I am sure there are out of state students who would be completely disoriented to a gun presence on campus. So the University of Maine have rules. They are rules to protect the public and as they point out, their faculty, staff, students and visitors on campus.

Check your guns at the door (click here)

Old west weapons policy aims to keep campus safe

By Rob Stigle

Posted on Feb. 15, 2010, at 2:57 a.m.

Housed within the darkened command center of the University of Maine Public Safety office, behind the circus of lights emanating from the dispatch control panel, there exists a room that would send Bugs Bunny running for the rabbit hole.

Inside, an array of shotguns and rifles are stacked on racks reaching from the floor to the ceiling, with handguns and ammunition on a nearby metal shelf. They are all located behind a standard, wooden closet door, distinguished only by a small sign that reads “student weapons.”...
 ...UMaine police chief Noel March insists the restrictions are not about taking away the rights of citizens, but are aimed at ensuring a safe collegiate environment.
“Our overarching goal is to keep our students, teachers, spectators, visitors, credit union patrons and parents safe,” March said. “It’s not about controlling guns. It’s about safety.”
The layout of the UMaine campus alone supports March’s reasoning. The cluttered landscape of buildings, people, roads and traffic would make it difficult to fire any weapon safely....

For as long as guns have existed in the USA, which is a long time, there has been gun 'edict.' There has been a clear understanding those carrying guns were responsible for safeguarding the innocent. 

The American people want safety from unlawful and dangerous gun fire. That is all they are asking and that has a very long history of a valid value in the USA. Very long history. Gunslingers would have standoffs in the street with people witnessing the action of those involved. A Dual is what that might be called. It was not a matter of surprise either. Everyone knew what was about to happen. QUICK DRAW McGRAW is well known to many who were youngster back in the day.

Today, we have come a long way as a civilized nation and such foolishness whereby men would act against each other for honor would require a call to 911. Then there would be prosecution of the 'one man standing.' Today, however, in the streets of the USA that 'civilized nation' no longer exists.

So. Demanding the government to protect them from unreasonable ODDS stacked against them is not at all alien to the USA. To know what gun content exists in the neighborhood is more than a reasonable demand. If there are AK-47s or Bushmasters or any other weapon of that nature in a neighborhood where I want to purchase a home for my family, I won't move there and I have a right not to move there.

It is proven in the year 2012, the number of dangerous weapons in an area can be used against the best interests of Americans. PROVEN. 

I applaud all those seeking our return to sanity in the USA and would seek neighborhoods with sane content for themselves and their families. It is about time. It is time the people of the USA demand a freedom from political hostage taking and a return to safe streets.