November 8, 2007
Toledo Blade

As a 26-year-old honors graduate, current student, and concealed handgun license holder, I found the editorial "No campus arms race" a personal insult. Everyone is entitled to an opinion in a forum of free and equal exchange of ideas, but I wish to rebut some of its main points.

First, I do not use alcohol or drugs, and neither did most of my fellow honors students, so while these are problems, brashly beginning an article by stereotyping college students is presumptuous.

The editorial cites prevalence of risky behaviors such as binge drinking and drugs, but pays no heed to the fact that college students with CHLs are not these same students. We know this because students with permits aren't causing problems off campus, and would not cause on-campus problems. CHL holders, a law-abiding demographic, have criminal percentage far below the general population's. Why expect me to become a maniacal killer the moment I enter the hallowed halls of education?

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November 6, 2007
Washington Times

Fred Thompson had a somewhat surreal day yesterday as he toured the nation's first primary state, dropping in to Nashua for a genteel early-morning "tea with the candidate," then spending the afternoon in a gun-making plant in Rochester.

Seeking to point out his differences with his fellow Republican presidential candidates, the former Tennessee senator and actor toured the Thompson Center Arms factory and spoke to more than 100 workers, some with tattoos on their necks.

"You remind the people of the importance of their constitutional rights. I've been a strong supporter of the Second Amendment ever since I've been in politics; that's the way I've been yesterday, that's the way I am today and that's the way I'll be tomorrow," he said to cheers from the crowd, gathered in a concrete-floor warehouse.

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