As a recent graduate of Simpson College I find the Shooting Sports Club to be a very beneficial to those students who wish to participate. It gives students the opportunity to be involved in something they have a passion for and would otherwise not be able to be a part of. This club has held several courses on gun safety and the proper way to use guns, which is not for violence but rather for sport. Also, for those of you who are unaware as to how the appropriation of money occurs at Simpson, any money that has gone towards helping support the club either came from grants which the club actively searched and applied for and from the Student activities budget. Therefore, any money that you wish to re-designate towards the students education and curriculum will not occur but rather sit in a budget for other organizations to use. With the current state of Simpson and its significant decline why not try something else to help increase student enrollment since all other efforts have had little to no impact.
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Trina Hronich
10 years ago
Keep SC campus safe!
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Casey Howe
10 years ago
I think this petition is absolutely ridiculous. College is a place broaden horizons in and out of the classroom. I suppose these students could be at the bar or smoking weed...Having a club where people can learn about firearms in a controlled setting with a professional coach is great. This is not a club formed in anger or hate. It's a way for students to meet new people while learning respect for firearms. Not too mention it's another way to promote healthy competition. Shooting sports have been a staple in the summer Olympic games since the 1800's.
Stop living in fear and just live!
Class of 2006
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Rebecca Bentzinger
· petition starter
10 years ago
See this article about the National Shooting Sports Foundation who made the $10K grant to Simpson.
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Gun-group-from-Newtown-outspends-NRA-6662924.ph
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James O Donnell
10 years ago
Absurd fear-mongering and blatant bigotry on display. Shame on all of you cringing fools who equate students shooting clay targets with crime and violence. Are you this stupid and irrational on the rest of your thinking?
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Dave Mashek
10 years ago
For those that aren't paying attention:
This is not about establishing a Shooting Sports Club. The club was founded in 2011. So in the nearly 5 years they have been in existence there has not been a single incident related to this club.
Secondly, the money that is coming from the "National Shooting Sports Foundation" is being given directly to the Simpson College Shooting Sports Club (SCSSC). This money is not available to Simpson College in general. So the grant money is not available for other programs. So either the money is used by the SCSSC or the money disappears.
I keep seeing people are about "choose love, not fear". The only people that are supporting "fear" are the people that have an irrational fear of guns. High school and college shooting sports teams have a fraction of a fraction of the injuries experienced by other sports such as football, basketball or baseball.
High school and college shooting sports teams are some of the most responsible and safety conscious people on the planet. Student athlete shooters are not even allowed to fire their guns until they can demonstrate their understanding of the gun safety rules.
High school shooting sports are the fastest growing sport in the United States.
Lets have a discussion based on facts and not one based on irrational fear.
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Susan Sandford
10 years ago
Clase of 2006
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Jim Wilson
10 years ago
Please, the college experience should not include guns.
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Tom Thomas
10 years ago
Tom-alumni
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Jan Atkin Hicks
10 years ago
Class of '74
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Kathy Schnell
10 years ago
As a Simpson alum, I am frankly horrified at the very idea of encouraging gun ownership and possession on campus. I sent my daughter there from 2005 to 2009 and our choice would have been different had there been a shooting club on campus at that time. This is a big mistake in this time of gun violence on college campuses across our nation and gun violence in general.
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Leigh Ann Chacey
10 years ago
My workplace has, twice in the past year, held manditory sessions, with local police presenting, on what to do in case of an active shooter in our offices. It is time for this to stop, and for my alma mater to see the light.
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Kyle Van Dee
10 years ago
A good skill to know, can feed the family with this skill. Guns dont kill people, people with guns do.
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C Criss Gilbert
10 years ago
I am a Simpson alumni. My boss was killed in the 1991 shootings at the University of Iowa. Guns have no place on a college campus. Please stop the violence.
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Ellen Keyser
10 years ago
As a Simpson College student it deeply saddens and concerns me that we encourage this. As a Methodist affiliated school I expect Simpson College to better reflect the views of the church and its students and faculty.
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sally moburg
10 years ago
please make a stance towards peace, not guns...and stop this shooting program. Chose love, not fear.
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S A Fuller Potter
10 years ago
Schools are no place for guns!
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Sarah Clarahan
10 years ago
I can't believe a United Methodist related college would consider this kind of program on its campus!
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John Greaves
10 years ago
Its not a course in shooting. It is a club at the undergraduate institution that gives students the chance to participate in Collegiate Shooting Sports with other undergraduate institutions. Another outreach goal for the club is to help teach and educate on gun safety. Just thought you should be writing comments that are true and not figments in peoples imaginations.
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Saul Davis Sr.
10 years ago
There are deep NRA connections in this intended relationship. When you take there money you move there agenda forward, knowingly or unknowingly. I would be suspect of any board member that is alright with this.
As a recent graduate of Simpson College I find the Shooting Sports Club to be a very beneficial to those students who wish to participate. It gives students the opportunity to be involved in something they have a passion for and would otherwise not be able to be a part of. This club has held several courses on gun safety and the proper way to use guns, which is not for violence but rather for sport. Also, for those of you who are unaware as to how the appropriation of money occurs at Simpson, any money that has gone towards helping support the club either came from grants which the club actively searched and applied for and from the Student activities budget. Therefore, any money that you wish to re-designate towards the students education and curriculum will not occur but rather sit in a budget for other organizations to use. With the current state of Simpson and its significant decline why not try something else to help increase student enrollment since all other efforts have had little to no impact.
Keep SC campus safe!
I think this petition is absolutely ridiculous. College is a place broaden horizons in and out of the classroom. I suppose these students could be at the bar or smoking weed...Having a club where people can learn about firearms in a controlled setting with a professional coach is great. This is not a club formed in anger or hate. It's a way for students to meet new people while learning respect for firearms. Not too mention it's another way to promote healthy competition. Shooting sports have been a staple in the summer Olympic games since the 1800's. Stop living in fear and just live! Class of 2006
See this article about the National Shooting Sports Foundation who made the $10K grant to Simpson. http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Gun-group-from-Newtown-outspends-NRA-6662924.ph
Absurd fear-mongering and blatant bigotry on display. Shame on all of you cringing fools who equate students shooting clay targets with crime and violence. Are you this stupid and irrational on the rest of your thinking?
For those that aren't paying attention: This is not about establishing a Shooting Sports Club. The club was founded in 2011. So in the nearly 5 years they have been in existence there has not been a single incident related to this club. Secondly, the money that is coming from the "National Shooting Sports Foundation" is being given directly to the Simpson College Shooting Sports Club (SCSSC). This money is not available to Simpson College in general. So the grant money is not available for other programs. So either the money is used by the SCSSC or the money disappears. I keep seeing people are about "choose love, not fear". The only people that are supporting "fear" are the people that have an irrational fear of guns. High school and college shooting sports teams have a fraction of a fraction of the injuries experienced by other sports such as football, basketball or baseball. High school and college shooting sports teams are some of the most responsible and safety conscious people on the planet. Student athlete shooters are not even allowed to fire their guns until they can demonstrate their understanding of the gun safety rules. High school shooting sports are the fastest growing sport in the United States. Lets have a discussion based on facts and not one based on irrational fear.
Clase of 2006
Please, the college experience should not include guns.
Tom-alumni
Class of '74
As a Simpson alum, I am frankly horrified at the very idea of encouraging gun ownership and possession on campus. I sent my daughter there from 2005 to 2009 and our choice would have been different had there been a shooting club on campus at that time. This is a big mistake in this time of gun violence on college campuses across our nation and gun violence in general.
My workplace has, twice in the past year, held manditory sessions, with local police presenting, on what to do in case of an active shooter in our offices. It is time for this to stop, and for my alma mater to see the light.
A good skill to know, can feed the family with this skill. Guns dont kill people, people with guns do.
I am a Simpson alumni. My boss was killed in the 1991 shootings at the University of Iowa. Guns have no place on a college campus. Please stop the violence.
As a Simpson College student it deeply saddens and concerns me that we encourage this. As a Methodist affiliated school I expect Simpson College to better reflect the views of the church and its students and faculty.
please make a stance towards peace, not guns...and stop this shooting program. Chose love, not fear.
Schools are no place for guns!
I can't believe a United Methodist related college would consider this kind of program on its campus!
Its not a course in shooting. It is a club at the undergraduate institution that gives students the chance to participate in Collegiate Shooting Sports with other undergraduate institutions. Another outreach goal for the club is to help teach and educate on gun safety. Just thought you should be writing comments that are true and not figments in peoples imaginations.
There are deep NRA connections in this intended relationship. When you take there money you move there agenda forward, knowingly or unknowingly. I would be suspect of any board member that is alright with this.