Amanda Collins

[RPB]

Links with info about Amanda Collins (Add more if you run across any you want to add)

Amanda Collins Self Defense Act Nevada

Licensee at college forced to store her gun in car, got brutally raped on the way to the car, by a rapist who also raped another girl and raped and killed another girl on campus .... Later Amanda was allowed by the school to be armed, as long as she didn't tell anyone.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/08/op ... z1IxRc5CIw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The police chief on the campus which failed to protect Amanda (couldn't find a policeman anywhere near her that day) still opposes the bill allowing girls to defend against rapists and murderers on campus. (He should be ashamed, but doesn't like admitting inadequacies)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2692425/posts" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Collins is convinced that she could have stopped Biela from getting to others if she was allowed to carry her gun at school.

"Had I been able to do so, two other rapes would've been prevented, and a life could've been saved," said rape victim Amanda Collins.

http://www.muthstruths.com/2011/03/20/t ... fense-act/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

bill “is not about campus security” but “personal security.”

Among those opposing Collins’ right to protect herself against being raped, assaulted or murdered in a campus garage was UNR Police Chief Adam Garcia, whose campus police officers were nowhere to be found while James Biela was violently raping Ms. Collins in one of his campus garages. Chief Garcia should be ashamed of himself.

If legislators have any common sense whatsoever, they’ll pass SB 231 – which ought to be named the “Amanda Collins Self-Defense Act” for the courage it took this young woman to come forward and tell her painful story publicly – by unanimous votes in both the Assembly and the Senate.

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/nra-gun- ... follow_ups" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The policies of these universities don't do anything to make their staff or students safer, and the fact that Amanda was allowed to carry after she was the victim of a violent attack tells me that despite their objections, university officials know that the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to have a good person with a gun nearby.

http://www.nevadanewsbureau.com/2011/03 ... carry-law/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.nevadanewsbureau.com/tag/amanda-collins/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.kunr.org/news/rape-victim-ad ... -on-campus" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[baldeagle]

You know, I'm really getting sick of all this. I'm seriously considering pursuing a lawsuit against the state and the university for denying me my rights under the Constitution. I plan on adding a clause to my will that if I am killed or injured and cannot speak for myself, my family will sue the state and the university on my behalf for denying me the right to defend myself. I've grown very impatient with the people in this country who think they have the right to deny me my rights simply because they are afraid.

[RPB]

I probably shouldn't say this publicly as it is solely my opinion and not the opinion of any other person or group.

I'd be thrilled if they just de-criminalized carrying everywhere and allowed schools or whoever to make rules and policies but no criminal actions brought for exercise of a right.

Of course, I used to drink from the "colored" water fountain and use the "colored" rest rooms even if there were rules against it for lighter colored people. (Lots of people "felt uncomfortable" seeing me do this back then, I really didn't care how they "felt" ... I wanted to see what color the water was and what color plumbing fixtures they had in the other bathrooms ) I won't ever intentionally break a law .... but policies and rules .... maybe. Depends on the cost/benefit.

In Virginia Tech 2006 (a year before the massacre):
http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/commentary/wb/80510" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Please realize that I am licensed to carry a concealed handgun in the commonwealth of Virginia, and do so on a regular basis. However, because I am a Virginia Tech student, I am prohibited from carrying at school because of Virginia Tech's student policy, which makes possession of a handgun an expellable offense, but not a prosecutable crime.
Second, I considered bringing my gun with me to campus, but did not due to the...risk of losing my graduate career, which is ridiculous because had I been shot and killed, there would have been no graduate career for me anyway.

I would also like to point out that when I mentioned to a professor that I would feel safer with my gun, this is what she said to me, "I would feel safer if you had your gun."

The policy that forbids students who are legally licensed to carry in Virginia needs to be changed.

This incident makes it clear that it is time that Virginia Tech and the commonwealth of Virginia let me take responsibility for my safety

Published in the Virginia Tech school paper in 2006, a year before the massacre., 4 years after The 2002 Government report "Preventing School Shootings" said police don't arrive in time and Faculty/Staff/Students are first responders.

Obviously Virginia Tech Administration can't read, because on Friday April 13, 2007 everyone felt safe, only to realize they weren't on April 16, 2007, so now in 2011, they keep the same broken system.

Still, at V.T. if it's a policy, but not illegal .... I might have a mystery bulge...even though I've had a car broken into and contents stolen, no one ever reached into my pants in a library or classroom to see what's concealed in there..

[A-R]

RPB, thanks for the links. I had not heard of this woman. Wish her story had been presented to Texas senators.

Apparently Mr. Lewis tried to bring it up in committee, but was cut off ...

http://www.campuscarry.com/2011/03/24/a ... tx-sb-354/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[RPB]

RPB, thanks for the links. I had not heard of this woman. Wish her story had been presented to Texas senators.

Apparently Mr. Lewis tried to bring it up in committee, but was cut off ...

http://www.campuscarry.com/2011/03/24/a ... tx-sb-354/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yes, W Scott Lewis started telling her story and Huffmann stopped him. So many Woodheads showed up to repeat themselves, and the dribble Woods told them to say, that they were limiting time so they could go home.

[Purplehood]

They should have at least used her name for the Title of the Bill as I believe has been previously suggested.

We all know that Marketing for anything is half-the-battle in and of itself.

[RPB]

Interesting article containing an interesting statistic

http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2011/ap ... artner=RSS" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Sex assault expert speaks at ASU event
By Jennifer Rios
Posted April 7, 2011 at 8:26 p.m.

People ages 18 to 26, which includes college-age students, are at the highest risk for the assaults, she said. Rocha, who is based out of San Antonio, was invited to speak on behalf of the Office of Special Investigations or OSI.

[RPB]

I've been thinking.

Essentially Amanda is now a person standing up for Women's rights on a National level.

I'll look into what Obama/U.S. Congress can do to honor her if anything.

IMHO, she's trying to serve her country.

http://merkley.senate.gov/newsroom/pres ... 3EAEFE5C9C" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Nominations for Citizen Service Before Self Honors
"Nominate an Unsung Hero to be a 2011 Recipient, One of the Highest Civilian Honors"