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Texas Tech seems to get it

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 4:08 pm
by mojo84
Why do others seem to struggle with it so much? (rhetorical)

http://m.dailytoreador.com/news/tech-pr ... l?mode=jqm

Re: Texas Tech seems to get it

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 4:58 pm
by Setxjeff
I agree, best article I have read on the subject. :clapping:

Re: Texas Tech seems to get it

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 5:18 pm
by RoyGBiv
Outstanding!

Re: Texas Tech seems to get it

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 5:21 pm
by WildBill
RoyGBiv wrote:Outstanding!
:iagree:

Re: Texas Tech seems to get it

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 5:54 pm
by viking1000
Very good article ! Texas Tech has cool heads working there. These are good steps in the right direction..

Re: Texas Tech seems to get it

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 6:25 pm
by mloamiller
Many people have little or no exposure to weapons, Williams said, but should not be worried about people with a concealed handgun license.

“These are the squeaky clean people in society,” he said. “They have to undergo a very rigorous background check to even get that license, it’s not something that DPS and the state are just giving out to people.”

Williams said the percentage of people with a CHL who get in trouble is small.

That's the nicest thing someone has said about me (us) for a long, long time. I think I'm gonna cry.
:angel:

(The "cryin" smiley didn't look like tears of joy, so I put on my halo instead.)

Re: Texas Tech seems to get it

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 7:18 pm
by chasfm11
I wish that I could read it. The text appears only to be covered up a couple of seconds later by a huge block. I've tried multiple browsers with the same result.

Re: Texas Tech seems to get it

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 7:39 pm
by Pawpaw
chasfm11 wrote:I wish that I could read it. The text appears only to be covered up a couple of seconds later by a huge block. I've tried multiple browsers with the same result.
Check your PMs.

Re: Texas Tech seems to get it

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 5:55 am
by RoyGBiv
chasfm11 wrote:I wish that I could read it. The text appears only to be covered up a couple of seconds later by a huge block. I've tried multiple browsers with the same result.
The OP link is to their mobile site. Maybe the full site will work better for you?

http://www.dailytoreador.com/news/tech- ... l?mode=jqm

Re: Texas Tech seems to get it

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 6:27 am
by gdanaher

Re: Texas Tech seems to get it

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:22 am
by MONGOOSE
Run & hide...(until we get there)....I get a kick out of the campus or any PD for that matter referring to us as civilians. What to they think they are ( a special club). Even the military refers to them as a civilian police force. They think carrying a gun and wearing tacticool garb sets them apart I guess.

Re: Texas Tech seems to get it

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:16 am
by RoyGBiv
MONGOOSE wrote:Run & hide...(until we get there)....I get a kick out of the campus or any PD for that matter referring to us as civilians. What to they think they are ( a special club). Even the military refers to them as a civilian police force. They think carrying a gun and wearing tacticool garb sets them apart I guess.
It's a convenient word to use to delineate between LE and non-LE.
I don't think reading something more into it helps further the discussion.

Re: Texas Tech seems to get it

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:29 am
by mojo84
MONGOOSE wrote:Run & hide...(until we get there)....I get a kick out of the campus or any PD for that matter referring to us as civilians. What to they think they are ( a special club). Even the military refers to them as a civilian police force. They think carrying a gun and wearing tacticool garb sets them apart I guess.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/de ... h/civilian

Re: Texas Tech seems to get it

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:38 am
by MONGOOSE
Oh, I know what the definition propagated by the PDs in the dictionary is. There should be no delineation between the general population and the POs. Heck, they aren't even ranked in the in the top 10 of dangerous jobs. So you the "boy in blue" club? I always show them respect, but no more than anyone else out in the work force.

Re: Texas Tech seems to get it

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:38 am
by ELB
mloamiller wrote:
Many people have little or no exposure to weapons, Williams said, but should not be worried about people with a concealed handgun license.

“These are the squeaky clean people in society,” he said. “They have to undergo a very rigorous background check to even get that license, it’s not something that DPS and the state are just giving out to people.”

Williams said the percentage of people with a CHL who get in trouble is small.

That's the nicest thing someone has said about me (us) for a long, long time. I think I'm gonna cry.
:angel:

(The "cryin" smiley didn't look like tears of joy, so I put on my halo instead.)
Yes, I am pleasantly surprised. :txflag: Given my generally dim views of university/college administrators these days, I'm hoping he keeps his job.