As long as the demands are reasonable, State Senator Michael Waddoups says he's willing to negotiate with the University of Utah over it's temporarily-suspended ban on guns. University officials say prohibiting students and faculty from carrying concealed weapons is crucial to safety and free expression on campus.And since when are sovereign individual rights bargaining chips for you to negotiate with, Senator?
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West Jordan, UT 84084
Phone: (801) 967-0225
mwaddoups@utahsenate.org
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I'll talk to him.
Below is the body of my email to Mr. Waddoup.
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Mr. Waddoup, let me apprise you of a principle of morality with which you may not be familiar. Some of these principles are also reflected in our laws and guiding strictures as desirable to maintain in society and a violation of the laws of this society when they are breeched.
Negotiating with something that is not one's own is morally wrong, and almost always a crime against the laws of our society. If you sell or trade away that which is not yours for whatever reason you are a criminal at best, and lacking in character and integrity at median, and reprehensibly treasonous at worst.
No matter how reasonable the demands may sound to you from the University of Utah in their bid to usurp Utah's laws of Concealed Carry specifically, and the Constitution of the United States of America unilaterally, those are not rights you own and can deal away. Any attempt to do so is a betrayal of your constituents, yourself and your country.
This is a simple matter. The proper course is simple. It just is not easy. Too bad! Your job is to do it correctly, not easily. Simply tell the University that just like every other public entity, private enterprise, and citizen they too must obey the law.
If that be beyond your fortitude of character to accomplish, please step down. This is a time for men. Men bear fidelity to their duty.
Sincerely,
(I signed my real name here)