Posted March 8, 2016 2:18 pm by Comments

By Jenn Jacques

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As Maryland’s leaders begin their consideration of HB 1002, House Minority Leader Nic Kipke found an original way to appeal to his fellow representatives on the issue.
Let them hear from someone who suffered as the direct result of the effects this bill would have on women.
The bill, which would ban firearms on college campuses even if a person has a carry permit, would fail to provide Title IX rights to women by denying them the right to carry a gun in an effort to make them equal against a (larger) make attacker.
The following letter, penned by assault survivor Kimberly Corban, was addressed to the members of the Maryland General Assembly last night:

Good evening Mister Chair and Members of the Committee:

In the early morning hours of May 12th, 2006, a stranger broke in to my college area apartment, held me in my room for two hours, and sexually assaulted me. I had to lay in my bed at 20 years old, completely defenseless, thinking this was how I was going to die. I managed to survive my attack but the damage had already been done. While the police captured my rapist and he was successfully prosecuted the following year …Read the Rest

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