Virginia Tech tells the Brady Bunch - NO!

Update: According to The Sentinel, VCDL's new blog (everyone go visit!), VT's admin AND student body are against any sort of "protest" by the anti-2nd Amendment groups on the 16th. So, of course, the Brady bunch INSISTS that the protest will go on, regardless. Contrast that attitude to the Students for Concealed Carry:

We may be a new organization on campus, but early on we declared that April 16, 2008 would be off-limits for discussing our movement or conducting any activities.

Students for Concealed Carry on Campus at Virginia Tech consists of Virginia Tech students and alumni who respect the right to carry a firearm responsibly as a means of self-defense.

One of our biggest goals is to share the facts and reasoning that brought us to support this, as many of us were against firearms previously. It takes some time to see this, so we encourage anyone who opposes concealed carry or is undecided about it to take some time researching the matter and make a well-informed decision. As such, it is imperative that our activities be respectful and educational.

To this end, it is clear that holding a protest on a day of remembrance would be quite inappropriate, and we have never considered it.

April 8, 2008

According to InRich.com, the anti-2nd amendment group, the Brady Campaign, had thought to turn a memorial into political farce. They had planned to stage a demonstration, including a "lie in", thereby missing the irony of the description of their entire propaganda machine....

Well, anyway, the Hokies reminded these idiots of the proper and civilized thing to do and told them in no uncertain terms to f**k off. But more politely.....

"We expect that the ceremony will likely cross the noon hour, and we will not be allowing other groups to interfere with the remembrance event."

Apparently, its inconceivable to the Brady bunch that they could ever be in the wrong...

Tech's position threw the Brady Campaign's plans into disarray yesterday: The noon demonstration at Tech was supposed to be the centerpiece of a nationwide series of events on April 16 in more than 70 cities and towns.

"I think we'll have to figure out what's going on," said Brady Campaign spokesman Doug Pennington. He added that students and friends of last year's shooting victims are among those who want to participate in the demonstration, "so, I'm sure where there's a will, there's a way without breaking any rules."

So, according to the Brady Campaign, THEIR need to stage a political demonstration is more important than the wants of the VT students......

Typical.