Homeless in Arizona

Hmmm ... So while ASU President Michael M. Crow has made it illegal for a woman to carry a handgun in her purse on the ASU campuses to protect herself from robbery or rape. But ASU President Michael M. Crow has allowed the ASU Police Department to acquire 70 fully automatic M-16 machine guns.

If you ask me it sounds like ASU President Michael M. Crow is more concerned with protecting the ASU police from the students, then protecting the people that visit the ASU campus from criminals.

Under Arizona law, government colleges are allowed to flush the 2nd Amendment down the toilet and ban weapons from their campuses. Last time I checked all of the Arizona universities have banned weapons from their campuses along with all the the Maricopa County Community Colleges.

Note the article doesn't say the M-16 guns are fully automatic, but I assumed it. I kind of doubt that the military would do the equivalent of a lobotomy on an M-16 machine gun and convert it to a non-automatic weapon!!!!

Source

Arizona universities take part in controversial military weapons program

Posted: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 11:00 am

Katie Connor, ABC15.com

Arizona universities are taking advantage of the federal government’s 1033 program which gives away military equipment and weapons for free.

Arizona State University Police received 70 M-16 rifles from the program.

The firearms originally came from the Department of Public Safety, who were going to turn the weapons back in, according to ASU Sergeant Daniel Macias.

Arizona’s 1033 Director Matt Van Camp says ASU has acquired more weapons than any other Arizona university.

The University of Arizona acquired bag or barracks under the federal program.

Sergeant Macias says the ASU officers aren’t carrying the rifles yet. In fact, officers will go through extensive training before taking the firearms out into the field.

Sergeant Macias says the rifles are an important tool in the day of active shooters.

The Pentagon loaned the weapons to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in the early 90s, through the free 1033 program.

In 2012, the Pentagon found out Maricopa County Sheriff's Office couldn’t account for nine firearms it borrowed from the program and immediately suspended MCSO from the program.

Last week, Detective Van Camps says MCSO was terminated from the program and sent a letter requiring all of the equipment back within 120 days.

The 1033 program has come under intense scrutiny since the Ferguson, Missouri shooting.

When riots broke out in the streets, local officers responded in armored vehicles, automatic rifles and even some camouflage.