ASOSU: Gun resolution involving concealed carry not approved

Important request for letters/emails from the President of the OSU College Republicans!

Hi everyone,
Well, last night [4/28/2009] we had a decision in the ASOSU Senate (student government here at Oregon State), and in a 14 for, 15 against, 12 abstain vote, the motion to pass Resolution 2 failed. First it tied, and then the Chair voted no on it, saying that Resolution 1 already covered what I was trying to say in Resolution 2. Resolution 1, as a reminder, recommended that the University abide by all state law. Resolution 2 went further, suggesting that the University abide by ORS 166.170, which states that the Legislative Assembly is the sole entity which can regulate the use and possession of firearms in the state of Oregon.

Absolutely no evidence was provided by the dissenters, and I am strongly confident that they voted the way they did because of their political bias. They voted to uphold an illegal and unjust university rule, and their votes were not derived from any evidence whatsoever. One even complained how nobody provided evidence against my case, and then voted no anyways (Senator Kleiber).

Evidence I provided: live testimony from Senator Brian Boquist, a statement from Benton County District Attorney John Haroldson, a Legislative Council Ruling, a petition signed by ~170 individuals, a signed statement from Representative Jim Thompson, wording of the actual law that was being broken, and more.

As far as I'm concerned, ASOSU is a joke. Apparently the 2nd Amendment isn't important to ASOSU. Here are all the names of the Senators that voted against Resolution 2:
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25 + Senator- Roberta Bryan
Business Senator- Josh Harbolt
Engineering Senators- Kari Varin, Matt Baumgartner, Brice Plouse
HHS Senator- Courtney Clark, Sarah Ballini, D'Anna Piro
Liberal Arts Senator- Michael Miller
Science Senator- Alia Beyer
Graduate Senator- Douglas Van Bossuyt, Kandice Kleiber
Panhellenic- Cristin Childress
Women's Center Representative- Heather Nicole Christian
ASOSU Senate Chairman- Jerred Taylor
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Please, feel free to email them with your opinions. When I say feel free, I really mean 'please do this for me'! But please, keep it couth. The last thing we need is to look crazy and angry - crazy angry people and guns don't mix, so don't provide them 'ammo'. At the end of this email I provided a list of their emails, just copy-paste and send to all at once :-). I suggest saying something like 'I am extremely disappointed that you voted against ASOSU Resolution 2. Not only are you supporting an illegal rule, and thus, lawlessness, but you are supporting an unjust rule that is a violation of my civil rights.'

To those of you who are not students, I ask you to participate as well - because it is us, students in Oregon, who are the future of this state and this nation, and we cannot let my colleagues get away with injustice and lawlessness now, for if we do, they shall learn that they can get away with injustice and lawlessness in the future. "Where law ends, tyranny begins" (John Locke).

Thanks everyone,

RJ Friedman
President, OSUCR
818 585 9685

kleiberk@onid.orst.edu, bryanro@onid.orst.edu, harboltj@onid.orst.edu,
varink@onid.orst.edu, baumgarm@onid.orst.edu, plouseb@onid.orst.edu,
clarkcou@onid.orst.edu, ballinis@onid.orst.edu, pirod@onid.orst.edu,
millermic@onid.orst.edu, beyera@onid.orst.edu, vanbossd@onid.orst.edu,
childrcr@onid.orst.edu, christih@onid.orst.edu, tayljerr@onid.orst.edu

See article in THE BAROMETER, 4/29/09 Section: News by Shanna Woodruff: Censure, gun issues on ASOSU Senate's plate (p.2)
Censure tabled regarding sexual assault/harassment; gun resolution involving concealed carry not approved.