Regarding CPR, for the average citizen there is no “duty to act” to do CPR, I know of no successful law case where a private citizen was held accountable for not doing CPR. And it has happened numerous times unfortunately.

And in that case most dangers are theoretical and/or presumed. In a lethal force encounter, the danger is real and actual. As long as the citizen was not obligated (i.e. a “duty to act”), then I doubt he could be held accountable.

A citizen does have a responsibility to discharge his firearm properly, and could be held liable for unintended consequences if he did intervene. But these things are better covered in tactics and CCL classess, and every day firearms training.

As for being sued, We all can be sued for anything, at any time. Even writing on here. But it wont get very far.

So, respectfully, I believe your understanding is wrong.

there is an old saying: If you find your self in a fair fight, its your own dam fault not to be prepared.

In other words, a baseball bat is too up close and personal and requires more physical agility and strength than the average over 30 year old is capable of.

If someone is a potentially lethal threat, I’m not going to respond with “in kind force” I will respond with the most decisive force at hand to end the threat quickly. (THere is no legal requirement to fight fair…remember I am a lawful citizen who is the victem of an aggressive thug in this situation) In a real fight there are no referees, no bells, and fair play rules. Only who is standing and who is not. For me and my families sake I intend to be standing. Any other approach is IMHO liberal niavete that does not take into account the realities of potentially lethal encounters.

When the bad guy comes at me with a baseball bat, I will have my gun. Not only will I see him coming, but I will win the engagement, and go home to my family.

THATS why carrying a baseball bat (or a knife, or a taser for that matter) for defense when you could carry a gun is silly.

I really don’t have a problem with CWP, but I think it creates nightmare scenarios (like described above) where we already have trigger happy police. In situations where the citizen is drawing down, how does a police officer react?

But tax payer funded entities are NOT private citizens, and should not be allowed to disregard the second amendments any more than they should be allowed to disregard the 1st, or any other amendments or even the constitution itself. If they can disregard the second, then why cant they disregard others?

Can they discriminate on the bases of sex, or creed? We all know there are teachers today who would prevent people of color and women out of certain classrooms and professions.

Perhaps they can disregard the 4th, and search/detain any student who disagrees or protests against anything the administration / teachers/ university doesnt like?

The constitution does not hold that certain articles and amendments are more important that others. And while the BG editor may think that, the universities as taxpayer supported institutions cant without damm fine reason.

EDITOR NOTE–For the record we support the constitution, but we also support common sense. If the county can run us through a metal detector and ban nail clippers and jack knives from the courthouse, it seems logical that university pres can ban guns on campus–concealed or open carry. They ban glass bottles, but allow guns? But then you can argue that bottles are not addressed in the constitution.

I’m ok with that, very happy we’ve driven the issue this far.

Regardless, They especially should have no right to ban concealed carry by lawfully allowed citizens.

@ Trivia: This is not about what we are or are not “afraid of”. Its about simply choosing to exercise my constitutionally guaranteed right. You would not be upset at me exercising my 1st amendment, yet I bet more people have been killed over the 1st amendment, 15th, the 19th amendments and indirectly over the fourth, than the second.

BG, as an avid fan of the first amendment and having greatly benefited from the same, you cannot pick and chose which amendments are worth your time to support and which ones are not. As a friend of mine once put, it is thanks to the second amendment that we can still exercise the rest!

Most CC types I know are waiting for the opportunity to be a hero. Most of the CC promotors posting on this blog would pee/ deficate in their pants in a stress-fire situation.
Personally I think if you have a CC permit and you are not a perp in the crime, you should be legally obligated to use your weapon to prevent a shooting attack. If you fail, kill/maim innocent people, or leave the scene of a crime out of fear or cowardice, then you should be brought to justice by a court of law.
I believe if you have a current CPR certificate, you are obligated by law to perform life saving measures in the event of an emergency. You can be sued if you refuse. This is my understanding.