Echoing Malkin's blog, Gibson and Napolitano lamented VA Tech ban on
 
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:08:03 -0400


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<p><b>Echoing Malkin's blog, Gibson and Napolitano lamented VA Tech ban on
handguns </b></p>
<p><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200704170001?src=item200704170001">http://mediamatters.org/items/200704170001</a></p>

<p>In the wake of a deadly shooting rampage that killed over 30
people on the campus of Virginia Tech University, host John Gibson asked on the April 16 edition of
Fox News&#39; <i>The Big Story</i>:
"So, theoretically, in this lecture hall where all 31 were killed, there
could have been someone with a carry permit carrying their gun to shoot the
shooter?" Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano replied:
"No," adding, "Virginia
lets you carry a gun at a gas station or a bank or a stadium, but not on a
college campus, where you may protect kids."</p>

<p>Napolitano and Gibson&#39;s comments echo those of
right-wing pundit <a href="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/people/michellemalkin?src=item200704170001">Michelle
Malkin</a>, who, citing an <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200704170001&http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/commentary/wb/81277">op-ed</a>
written by a Virginia Tech spokesperson, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200704170001&http://michellemalkin.com/archives/007319.htm">noted</a>
on her weblog that the university prohibits handguns. She then quoted a weblog
post from "Andrew&#39;s Dad,"
who wrote: "Just imagine if students were armed. We no longer need to imag[in]e
what will happen when they are not armed." Malkin also quoted an email
from "[r]eader Kevin" who claimed: "Imagine if sensible CCW
[Concealed Carry Weapon] laws allowed
people to defend themselves, this tragedy could have been avoided."</p>

<p>From the April 16 edition of Fox News&#39; <i>The Big Story with John Gibson</i>:</p><blockquote>

<p>GIBSON: Judge Napolitano is also
here with us. Judge has been looking into the law. They&#39;re -- people in Virginia have carry
permits. </p>

<p>NAPOLITANO: Virginia
is one the easiest states in the Union for
anyone without a felony conviction, who&#39;s over the age of 21, and was a
permanent resident of the state, to get a license to own and carry a concealed
weapon. Meaning, you have it under your jacket, under your garment -- no one
knows you have it. </p>

<p>GIBSON: <b>So, theoretically, in this lecture hall where all 31 were killed, there
could have been someone with a carry permit carrying their gun to shoot the
shooter?</b> <br /></p>

<p>NAPOLITANO: <b>No, because the same people that just dropped the
ball, as Bo just described, that allowed 32 additional people to die, also
said: "Virginia
lets you carry a gun at a gas station or a bank or a stadium, but not on a
college campus, where you may protect kids."</b> So nobody has
guns there except the college campus police. The professors -- </p>

<p>GIBSON: And the criminal. </p>

<p>

NAPOLITANO: And the criminal.
Professors don&#39;t have guns, and the students don&#39;t have guns, even
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