Comments on: Concealed Carry on Campus http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/04/concealed-carry-on-campus.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Wed, 23 May 2012 17:39:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sarah Brodsky http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/04/concealed-carry-on-campus.html/comment-page-1#comment-2381 Sarah Brodsky Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:13:48 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=3967#comment-2381 Katy Steinmetz further develops her argument here: http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/04/17/house-votes-allow-concealed-weapons-missouri-college-campuses/#c8576 I'm confused by her assertion that personal freedoms are a means to an end, the end in this case being self-defense. Isn't self-defense a means to an end--preserving life? Which is one of those personal rights, like liberty and property, that are ends in themselves? Katy Steinmetz further develops her argument here:
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/04/17/house-votes-allow-concealed-weapons-missouri-college-campuses/#c8576

I’m confused by her assertion that personal freedoms are a means to an end, the end in this case being self-defense. Isn’t self-defense a means to an end–preserving life? Which is one of those personal rights, like liberty and property, that are ends in themselves?

]]> By: Sarah Brodsky http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/04/concealed-carry-on-campus.html/comment-page-1#comment-2380 Sarah Brodsky Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:08:11 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=3967#comment-2380 I'll leave that to you, vroman. I’ll leave that to you, vroman.

]]> By: vroman http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/04/concealed-carry-on-campus.html/comment-page-1#comment-2377 vroman Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:00:41 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=3967#comment-2377 will no one stand up for the rights of the responsible hand grenade owner? will no one stand up for the rights of the responsible hand grenade owner?

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