The accusations of victim blaming and homophobia are false

We reserved a glass case in Smith for PSUSCC flyers.  Someone covered up one of our flyers with a piece of paper that said "trigger warning" and another piece of paper that said "Wall of victim blamming [sic]".

It is impossible to read the flyer in the above photo that was covered up with a trigger warning.  Here is an exact copy of what was posted:

This is an exact quote from a survivor of a pretty brutal sexual assault on a college campus.  This particular survivor uses firearm training as a source of healing and empowerment.  She believes in the right for law abiding students to be able to carry a concealed firearm on campus in Florida.

We're not victim blaming.  We're not saying that if a woman was raped that she deserved it because she wasn't armed.  What we are saying is that for many women, and many survivors, arming themselves is a personal decision that makes a lot of sense to them.  Their decision shouldn't be erased, silenced, or receive derision.  Stopping a violent physical or sexual assault is the #1 reason many women get a license to carry a concealed handgun.  Nobody has any right to tell a woman or a survivor how to heal or feel empowered.  Some of our members are survivors; for them they choose to carry concealed firearms.  They never judge other survivors who choose not to carry or own firearms.  Our message is for those who have thought at one point in their lives, "I don't want to be a victim of physical or sexual assault; maybe I should learn how to shoot.."

The next charge against PSUSCC is that we're homophobic.  That's patently false.  Some of our members self-identify as LGBTQ.  We're an extremely open group; we've made that quite clear on our website and in our meetings.  Spend 10 minutes talking with us, getting to know us, and you'll see that. Why are we being accused of being homophobic?  Because of this flyer:

That logo and tagline "Armed Gays Don't Get Bashed" is from the PINK PISTOLS, a national pro-gun LGBTQ organization.  Once again this accusation, from someone on Twitter who also admitted to defacing the glass case, is completely unfounded.

PSUSCC is welcoming to everyone.  Many of our members are LGBTQ, and some help design flyers. One member went by the Queer Resource Center for feedback on those flyers. Spoke to Melanie Altaras (Office Manager) about the flyers. What was the response? "Not homophobic" at all. 








-Alex
PSUSCC