CNN Concealed Campus Debate - Scott Lewis vs Garrett Evans

ConcealedCampus's Scott Lewis appeared on opposite Virginia Tech victim Garrett Evans on CNN Newsroom hosted by Betty Nguyen to debate the proposal to allow licensed citizens to carry on campus.

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[joshballard37]

Garret Evans is an idiot. College age adults are not mature enough to carry guns? Hello Garret Evans (and the like), have you ever heard of the US Military? This issue involves 21 year old legal carriers (meaning that they have a lisence). Military members are 18, 19, and 20 and armed. Hey Garret, cops deal with stress too (much more so than professors) should we take away their guns too?

[TheSparrowhawk2010]

@idRATHERbeOUTDOORS I'm going to come to your defense here. I have a HiPoint firearm in my drawer. It is, for me, a pretty good "drawer gun" in that I can leave it in there and bang it up and still pull it out and use it if need arises. My CCW gun is something else entirely. Better to have a HiPoint than a pointy stick or a wiffle bat.

[TheSparrowhawk2010]

I actually appreciate this debate and believe that the interviewer was fair. Garrett Evans does, though, make a brilliant point. He was, at the time of this debate, a recently recovered victim. Even he admits this. Most of his arguments seem to be affected by the emotions surrounding his experience (and, in fairness, who can blame him?). Had he, perhaps, been saved from injury by a legally authorized, trained, conceal and carry holder, would his point of view be different?

[idRATHERbeOUTDOORS]

@idbs1984 So far mine has had one reliability issue, and it was magazine related. After adjustment I have not had an issue since. Not sure put you off so much, but I am very confident in mine.

[idbs1984]

@idRATHERbeOUTDOORS i know so

[idRATHERbeOUTDOORS]

@idbs1984 If you say so...

[idbs1984]

@idRATHERbeOUTDOORS hipoint and reliable don't belong in the same sentence...

[idRATHERbeOUTDOORS]

@idbs1984 Who said I would CCW my hipoint? Who said it would be my first choice for self defense? Not Me...

I bought it because it was affordable, accurate and (in my experience) decently reliable. On top of that I don't see how what guns I own or don't own is relevant to either of our points of view. The bottom line is that taking away guns will only disarm good people. Which was exactly why Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot all used gun control to disarm individuals in preparation of genocide.

[idbs1984]

@idRATHERbeOUTDOORS says the guy that owns a highpoint... i would not trust my life to such a crappy gun people have no business buying these POS

you couldnt pay me to use a highpoint as a ccw

[idRATHERbeOUTDOORS]

@idbs1984 that won't stop anything...