Posted February 14, 2018 1:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Where Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta isn’t exactly the best of neighborhoods. It’s been years since I visited the campus for anything, but even back then the area around the school was best described as “sketchy.” Things have apparently not improved through the years.

Today, the school is finding itself inundated with a high number of off-campus shootings that have students more than a little worried.

Luckily, the school’s marksmanship team is stepping up to help.

Dozens of Georgia Tech students who participate in sports shooting are training fellow students on the use of firearms amid a spike in off-campus shootings around Atlanta, Ga.

There have been seven incidents involving a weapon in Atlanta neighborhoods surrounding the college since Jan. 10, according to local Fox affiliate WAGA-TV. Rob Montgomery, vice president of the Georgia Tech Marksmanship Club, told the station that he is upset thieves are trying to take advantage of college students by prowling the neighborhoods near the campus.

“What we really think is the best solution to these problems is to have people properly trained in the use of firearms,” he said.

The club’s website indicates it was formed “for education and training in …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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