I was looking at the Indiana University weapons policy the
other day. It sounded bad at first:
...
While on university-controlled sites and at university-directed activities, employees
are prohibited from introducing, possessing, using, buying, or selling unauthorized
weapons, firearms, ammunition, explosives, or items deemed by campus police to be
dangerous.
A safe and secure environment is a fundamental prerequisite for fulfilling the
university mission of teaching, research, and public service. IU is committed to
maintaining a workplace that is free of violence. This obligation includes eliminating
recognized hazards from campus communities that contribute to violence or serious harm.
So they think we'll feel more safe and secure if we are weaponless, and they don't
trust us professors not to shoot our students, it seems! But then I discovered that
"An employee is any IU employee, (regardless of employment status) excluding academic
employees." So I am free to defend myself. Assailants are well-advised to stay away from
professors and students, and to only go after janitors and file clerks.
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