The Dan Signal is flying up in the sky, so it must be time to make fun of teachers.  This time, there’s been news that a professor called the police on a student – for giving a pro-gun presentation!

On October 3, 2008, [CCSU Student John] Wahlberg and two other classmates prepared to give an oral presentation for a Communication 140 class that was required to discuss a “relevant issue in the media”. Wahlberg and his group chose to discuss school violence due to recent events such as the Virginia Tech shootings that occurred in 2007.

Shortly after his professor, Paula Anderson, filed a complaint with the CCSU Police against her student. During the presentation Wahlberg made the point that if students were permitted to conceal carry guns on campus, the violence could have been stopped earlier in many of these cases. He also touched on the controversial idea of free gun zones on college campuses.

That night at work, Wahlberg received a message stating that the campus police “requested his presence”. Upon entering the police station, the officers began to list off firearms that were registered under his name, and questioned him about where he kept them.

They told Wahlberg that they had received a complaint from his professor that his presentation was making students feel “scared and uncomfortable”.

Wow, gun rights and education in the same story!  This is a gold mine.

“If you can’t talk about the Second Amendment, what happened to the First Amendment?” asked Sara Adler, president of the Riflery and Marksmanship club on campus. “After all, a university campus is a place for the free and open exchange of ideas.”

I think conservative students are already aware that university campuses are anything but.

First, John Wahlberg was right:  gun rights policies help prevent crimes.  An example?  I thought you’d never ask.

In 1987, Florida adopted a right-to-carry law.  Within nine years, the homicide, firearm homicide, and handgun homicide rates dropped by over a third each.  Is Florida not enough for you?  In 2000, the Cato Institute reported this:

The 31 states that have “shall issue” laws allowing private citizens to carry concealed weapons have, on average, a 24 percent lower violent crime rate, a 19 percent lower murder rate and a 39 percent lower robbery rate than states that forbid concealed weapons.

Now that I’ve shown you the awesome power of conservative positions on gun control, let me get to how dumb this teacher is.

Very.  First, how did this professor know that the presentation made students “scared and uncomfortable?”  By using her special professor powers?  I’m guessing no one actually spoke up and voiced disapproval of the presentation, considering how uptight most classroom settings tend to be.  In other words, it sounds like the professor, Paula Anderson, was projecting her unsurprising liberal views.

If Paula Anderson could pick up on these mysterious “scared and uncomfortable” vibes, I’m guessing these vibes were put off by the left-leaning students.  Supposing that Paula Anderson is like many college professors – liberal – I’m guessing that she already had a strong(er) rapport with those particular students.

In fact, once she heard “gun,” I wouldn’t be surprised if the first place Anderson looked was to her BFF liberal students’ eyes to gauge their reaction.

But it’s the kid who gets the cops called on him.  When will students get to call the cops on teachers?