By Warner Todd Huston ——Bio and Archives--March 5, 2009
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I was a bit nervous when I walked into the police station,” Wahlberg said, “but I felt a general sense of disbelief once the officer actually began to list the firearms registered in my name. I was never worried however, because as a law-abiding gun owner, I have a thorough understanding of state gun laws as well as unwavering safety practices.No doubt. When armed authorities begin to demand things of you, it isn’t surprising to feel a bit pressured and uncomfortable. Wahlberg told the Central Connecticut State University news paper, The Recorder, that he didn’t think his professor was “justified” in calling in the police.
“I don’t think that Professor Anderson was justified in calling the CCSU police over a clearly nonthreatening matter. Although the topic of discussion may have made a few individuals uncomfortable, there was no need to label me as a threat,” Wahlberg said in response. “The actions of Professor Anderson made me so uncomfortable, that I didn’t attend several classes. The only appropriate action taken by the Professor was to excuse my absences.”Student Wahlberg is a master of understatement. Robert Shibley, vice president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), was also taken aback by the absurd over reaction of professor Anderson.
“If all he did was discuss reasons for allowing guns on campus, it seems a bit much to call the police and grill him about it,” Shibley said. “If you go after students for just discussing an idea, that goes against everything a university is supposed to stand for.”Were it up to this professor, talk of the Constitution of the United States would be outlawed. Yet another example of the downward spiral of our fetid schools in the United States of America.
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Warner Todd Huston’s thoughtful commentary, sometimes irreverent often historically based, is featured on many websites such as Breitbart.com, among many, many others. He has also written for several history magazines, has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows.
He is also the owner and operator of Publius’ Forum.