{"id":1848252,"date":"2023-02-15T11:08:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1848252"},"modified":"2023-02-15T11:09:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:09:11","slug":"landmark-rock-on-msu-campus-painted-with-pro-gun-message-after-deadly-mass-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/landmark-rock-on-msu-campus-painted-with-pro-gun-message-after-deadly-mass-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Landmark Rock On MSU Campus Painted With Pro-Gun Message After Deadly Mass Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flandmark-rock-on-msu-campus-painted-with-pro-gun-message-after-deadly-mass-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1848252&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>There must be at least one person in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/michigan-state-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michigan State University<\/a> Campus believes that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/police-warn-of-shots-fired-at-michigan-state-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Students protected<\/a> The school must change its firearms policy.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Monday\u2019s deadly shooting at the university, a landmark rock on the East Lansing campus \u2014 made famous by students who often spray paint messages on its face \u2014 displayed the message, \u201cHow Many More?\u201d On Tuesday night, however, the rock was repainted using a pro-gun message by WSBT <a href=\"https:\/\/wsbt.com\/news\/regional\/michigan-state-university-the-rock-paint-how-many-more-guns-on-campus-mass-shooting-aftermath-east-lansing-control-second-amendment#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The rock had a new message. \u201cAllow Us to Defend Ourselves and Carry on Campus.\u201d Local media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnem.com\/2023\/02\/15\/new-message-appears-rock-michigan-state-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that it\u2019s unknown who painted the pro-gun message on the rock or if that person is a student at the university.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Only a few hours remained of the pro-gun message. Two students objected to the display, and they met at the rock Wednesday morning. \u201ccover this s*** up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cCome here girl, let\u2019s cover this shit up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two students have arrived with paint to cover over the message on The Rock that advocates for more guns on MSU\u2019s campus. They don\u2019t know each other \u2013 but both had the same idea. They\u2019re getting to know each other as they paint. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vVQuBrTXhl\">pic.twitter.com\/vVQuBrTXhl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rachel Louise Just (@RLJnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RLJnews\/status\/1625862028849037312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three Michigan State students were shot to death and five others were injured Monday night by a man who allegedly set fire to two campus locations. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/suspected-msu-gunman-was-convicted-felon-found-dead-with-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suspect<\/a>According to police, he was not affiliated with the university and later committed suicide. A previous 2019 conviction for possessing an unloaded firearm in a motor vehicle led to him spending up to 18 months in prison. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2023\/02\/14\/three-killed-five-wounded-in-michigan-state-shooting-were-all-students\/69901429007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. He was released from surveillance in May 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State prohibits staff and students from carrying firearms on campus. WSBT reported that visitors who have concealed carry permits are allowed to bring firearms to campus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The university\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/trustees.msu.edu\/bylaws-ordinances-policies\/ordinances\/ordinance-18.00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">policy<\/a> Information about firearms and weapon states \u201cExcept as permitted by state law regulating firearms, no person shall possess any firearm or weapon anywhere upon property governed by the Board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officers of the police \u201cother legally established law enforcement officers\u201d The policy allows students to have a gun on campus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A leading Michigan Democrat used social media to call for increased gun control hours after the shooting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/leading-mi-democrat-posts-obscene-message-on-thoughts-and-prayers-calls-for-gun-control\">Tell me<\/a> His followers are \u201cF*** your thoughts and prayers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThoughts and prayers with action and change are meaningless,\u201d said State Rep. Ranjeev Puri, the majority whip in Michigan\u2019s Democrat-controlled House. \u201cOur office will continue to work tirelessly to pass common sense gun reform immediately. We will not stop until our students can attend school without fear, our communities can attend places of worship in peace, and our society is safe from senseless gun violence.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Students from Michigan State will be gathered at \u201cThe Rock\u201d Wednesday night, a vigil was held for Arielle Anderson, Alexandria Verner and Brian Fraser. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnem.com\/2023\/02\/15\/new-message-appears-rock-michigan-state-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According<\/a> To WNEM.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least one person on the Michigan State University campus believes that protecting students requires the school to change its strict firearms policy. Shortly after Monday\u2019s deadly shooting at the university, a landmark rock on the East Lansing campus \u2014 made famous by students who often spray paint messages on its face \u2014 displayed the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1848255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4099,3650,9274,6027,5776,18607,18735,18736,3730,4300],"class_list":["post-1848252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-campus","tag-deadly","tag-landmark","tag-mass","tag-message","tag-msu","tag-painted","tag-pro-gun","tag-rock","tag-shooting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1848252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1848255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1848252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1848252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1848252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}