A NEW GRAD AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY IN OHIO IS GETTING A
LOT OF ATTENTION AFTER HER GRADUATION PHOTO WENT VIRAL.
IN THE PHOTO, KAITLIN BENNETT COULD BE SEEN CARRYING AN AR
10 RIFLE AND SHE DID THIS AS A WAY OF DRAWING ATTENTION TO
A POLICY AT THE UNIVERSITY THAT SHE BELIEVES IS UNFAIR.
THERE SHE IS, THERE IS ANOTHER ANGLE OF HER WITH HER GUN AND
APPARENTLY THE 22-YEAR-OLD SAID:
THE ARGUMENT IS STUDENT, FACULTY, ANYONE WHO IS
AFFILIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY IS NOT ALLOWED TO CARRY ANY TYPE
OF LETHAL WEAPON, HOWEVER, IN THE STATE OF OHIO, LAWS WERE
PASSED THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO DO OPEN CARRY, SO IF SOMEONE WANTS
TO VISIT THE CAMPUS AND DO OPEN CARRY, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DO SO
AND SHE BELIEVES THAT THAT THAT DOUBLE STANDARD
IS UNACCEPTABLE.
AGAIN:
SINCE SHE HAD ALREADY GRADUATED VERY RECENTLY, SHE DECIDED
NOW I HAVE THE RIGHT TO CARRY MY RIFLE ON CAMPUS.
BY THE WAY, IT IS ACTUALLY HER BROTHER'S RIFLE AND SHE IS
PLANNING ON PURCHASING HER OWN VERY SOON.
THAT WENT VIRAL AND OF COURSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
SUPPORT HER AND THEN THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH
HER AND UNFORTUNATELY HAVE SENT HER ALL SORTS OF THREATS WHICH
I REALLY WISH WAS NOT HAPPENING, EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE WITH HER.
WITH THAT SAID, FOX NEWS DECIDED TO SEIZE ON THIS MOMENT TO
INTERVIEW HER AND DRAW SOME MORE ATTENTION TO THE STORY AND
I THOUGHT THAT SOME OF HER STATEMENTS WERE INTERESTING.
LET'S GO TO THE FIRST VIDEO.
WE WERE DOING IN NOVEMBER WE JUST OPENED A DISCUSSION
TWO PEOPLE TO COME TALK TO US ABOUT GUN RIGHTS IN MY
CAMERAMAN GOT ASSAULTED.
IF WE HAVE A FIREARM PRESENT HONEST, OPEN CARRY, I
DEFINITELY BELIEVE THAT WOULD NOT OF HAPPENED.
SHE IS SAYING THAT PEOPLE ARE SOMETIMES ATTACKED VIOLENTLY
ON CAMPUS AND SHE WANTS TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTECT HERSELF.
SHE WANTS PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE WHICH BY
THE WAY MIGHT BE A LEGITIMATE POINT IF CRIME AND VIOLENCE TOOK
PLACE ON CAMPUS, IF IT WAS KNOWN AS AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT, BUT
ACCORDING TO REPORTS, IT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE SAFEST
CAMPUSES
IN THE COUNTRY, SO:
THAT'S ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY ITSELF BUT
IN TERMS OF THE RANKING, THE UNIVERSITY DID NOT RANK ITSELF.
IT IS RANKED NATIONWIDE AS ONE OF THE SAFEST UNIVERSITIES
IN THE COUNTRY.
SHE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES NOT STAY THAT WAY.
KENT STATE SHOOTING WAS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SHOOTINGS IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
THOSE WERE BETTER TIMES THOUGH, FOUR PEOPLE DIED.
THESE DAYS, UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS NOT A BIG SHOOTING IN AMERICA
NOT EVEN A BIG SCHOOL SHOOTING BUT BACK THEN IT WAS LIKE WOW,
THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE SHOT AT KENT STATE SO I DON'T KNOW SHE
IS OBLIVIOUS TO THAT WERE THINKS THIS WILL BE A GREAT WAY TO GET
ON FOX NEWS, I WILL BE AN EVEN BIGGER JERK AT A PLACE FOR THERE
WAS THIS FAMOUS SHOOTINGS I WILL BRING THIS ASSAULT WEAPON
AND RUB IT IN PEOPLE'S FACES.
HER POINTS, AND SHE DID BRING UP THAT SHOOTING.
HER POINT WAS THAT SHOOTING WAS PERPETRATED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
WE AS AMERICANS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO CARRY WHEREVER WE
PLEASE, HOWEVER WE PLEASE BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE
PROTECT OURSELVES FROM A TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT.
IT'S A PREPOSTEROUS THING TO SAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT TALKING POINT STILL EXISTS BECAUSE
IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO DEBUNK IT.
SHE BELIEVES THAT AMERICANS SHOULD HAVE THE EXACT ACCESS TO
THE SAME WEAPONRY AS THE GOVERNMENT DOES SO YOU THINK
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO TANKS AND DRONES AND RPG'S
AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS?
WHERE IS MY NUCLEAR SUBMARINE.
HAVE TO FIGHT TYRANNY.
BY THE WAY, THE GOVERNMENT SHOT LEFT WING PROTESTERS SO I
KNOW SHE IS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THEM.
WE SHOULD ASK HER, I'M SURE THEY ASKED HER ON FOX BECAUSE
THEY WERE FAIR AND BALANCED, THE GOVERNEMTN SHOT LEFT
WING PROTESTERS IN THE COUNTRY.
YOU SURE YOU WANT THAT.
AND THEN SECONDARILY, WHAT WAS SHE GOING TO DO?
IF TGHE GOVERNMENT SHOWED UP,
IF SHE IS MENTIONING THAT NOW, LIKE I WOULDN'T LET THAT KIND OF
SHOOTING HAPPEN HERE, IF COPS SHOW UP, I WILL MURDER THEM.
IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK?
I THOUGHT FOX CARED ABOUT BLUE LIVES, THAT THEY
MATTERED.
BUT YOU ARE SAYING THAT THEY WOULD SHE WOULD MURDER THEM.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN BY TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT
HOW YOU WOULD YOU SHOOT AGAINST THEM BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT
TALKING ABOUT SPEECH OR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN
THAT REGARD, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT I HAVE A WEAPON AND I
WILL MURDER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IF I DEEM THEM TO BE TO RADICAL
THOUGHT YOU SEEM LIKE YOU HAVE A GREAT EDUCATION AND YOU
SEEM LIKE YOU ARE REALLY MENTALLY STABLE.
I ALSO WANT TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS.
WHO IS THE ARBITER OF TYRANNY?
I THINK ABOUT WHERE OUR COUNTRY IS AT THAT THIS MOMENT AND
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH A DICTATOR.
I THINK HE BELIEVES THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BE A DICTATOR
BUT LUCKILY WE HAVE CHECKS AND BALANCES AND THE SYSTEM IN
GOVERNMENT IN PLACE AT LEAST THAT CHECKS HIS POWER A LITTLE
BIT BUT
WHAT IF SOMEONE DECIDES NO, TRUMP IS A DICTATOR, THIS IS
A TRUE RADICAL GOVERNMENT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ATTACK.
WHO DECIDES?
IT IS NOT REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT AND ALSO, EVEN IF THE PERSON
CORRECTLY DETERMINES WE ARE LIVING IN A TYRANNICAL
ENVIRONMENT AND I'M GOING TO TAKE ACTION, THAT PERSON WILL BE
SMASHED IN A SECOND CONSIDERING THE TYPE OF WEAPONRY
OUR GOVERNMENT HAS SO THAT TALKING POINT JUST DOESN'T
HOLD UP.
I WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT VIDEO.
THIS IS HER WHEN SHE STARTS TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUE OF WHITE
PRIVILEGE.
TAKE A LOOK.
IT HAS BEEN CRAZY.
I WAS NOT EXPECTING THE BLATANT RACISM THAT HAS BEEN THROWN
AT ME, THE OUTRIGHT DEATH THREATS.
WHAT KIND OF RACISM?
THEY ARE SAYING THAT I HAVE WHITE PRIVILEGE FOR GOING
OUT ON CAMPUS WITH MY AR 10.
THEY ARE SAYING THAT THIS ALL HAS TO DO ABOUT ME BEING
WHITE THAT I WAS ABLE TO DO THIS.
I THINK THAT IS VERY INSULTING TO MINORITIES.
I DON'T THINK ANYTHING BAD WOULD HAPPEN TO THEM.
I ACTUALLY HAD A BLACK POLICE OFFICER WITH ME THE WHOLE
TIME THAT I WAS, HE LOVED IT.
LET ME JUMP IN BEFORE YOU DO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT
ANGERS AND FRUSTRATES A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT FRUSTRATES ME AS WELL BUT THE WAY THAT SHE DESCRIBED HER BLACK
SECURITY GUARD WITH HER, COP, EITHER WAY, IT MADE IT
ABUNDANTLY
CLEAR THAT SHE DOESN'T REALLY KNOW OR UNDERSTAND WHAT WHITE
PRIVILEGE IS.
THE POINT THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT OPEN CARRY
MIGHT BE FINE AND DANDY FOR SOMEONE LIKE HER BUT OPEN
CARRY WAS NOT FINE AND DANDY FOR A LOT OF BLACK INDIVIDUALS
WHO WERE GUNNED DOWN.
FOR INSTANCE, TAMIR RICE WAS PLAYING WITH A TOY GUN AND
PEOPLE FREAKED OUT.
HE WAS A 12-YEAR-OLD PLAYING WITH A TOY GUN AT A PARK.
PEOPLE FREAKED OUT AND CALLED THE COPS.
THE COPS SHOWED UP AND SHOT HIM WITHIN TWO SECONDS NO
QUESTIONS ASKED, SO IT IS NOT THAT SHE DID ANYTHING WRONG
PER SE, BUT IT JUST MEANS THAT SHE WILL GET THE BENEFIT OF
THE DOUBT IF SHE DECIDES TO CARRY HER GUN OPENLY IN PUBLIC.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS PHILANDO CASTILLE WHO TOLD THE OFFICER
DURING HIS TRAFFIC STOP, I HAVE A LICENSED GUN IN THE
VEHICLE, IT IS IN THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT.
COMMUNICATED THAT WITH HIM AND THE COPS SHOT HIM ANYWAY.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE DOUBLE STANDARDS THAT TAKE
PLACE IN SOCIETY.
IT IS NOT JUST SAYING, IT IS NOT A RACIST INSULT TO SAY THAT
SOMEONE HAS WHITE PRIVILEGE, IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU DO NOT
HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE TYPES OF STEREOTYPES AND LACK OF
DISCRIMINATION.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE PERCEIVING YOU AS A
THREAT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU LOOK.
THESE CONSERVATIVES LOVE TO GET ATTENTION.
THEY LOVE TO CAST THEMSELVES AS THE VICTIM, SO THEY SAY
MINORITIES LOVE TO SAY THAT THERE IS RACISM.
THE MINUTE THEY GET A CHANCE THEY ARE LIKE, YOU SAID I HAVE
WHITE PRIVILEGE, YOU ARE RACIST, I AM THE VICTIM OF RACISM.
I'M SUCH A VICTIM.
EVERYBODY CRY FOR ME, AND FOX NEWS IS LIKE YOU'RE A VICTIM.
WHITE PRIVILEGE IS SOMETHING, WE'VE SAID THIS 1 MILLION TIMES,
IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE RICH OR YOU GET WONDERFUL THINGS.
PEOPLE DON'T HAND THINGS TO YOU, IT MEANS THERE THINGS YOU
DON'T SEE LIKE WHEN SOMEONE ELSE CARRIES A WEAPON.
WE COULD GIVE YOU HUNDREDS OF THESE EXAMPLES, JOHN CRAWFORD AT
WALMART PICKS UP A TOY GUN FROM THE TOY GUN SHELF AT WALMART
WHERE THEY ARE SELLING IT, COPS ARE CALLED ON HIM BECAUSE A
BLACK GUY IS HOLDING IT AND THEY THINK IT IS A GUN.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY WHITE FAMILIES HAVE DONE THAT?
THEY ARE SELLING TOY GUNS.
HE PICKS IT UP, COPS COME IN AND SHOOT HIM IN TWO SECONDS.
THEY DON'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO SHOOT HER IN TWO SECONDS?
DOES ANYONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND BELIEVE THAT?
THEY GET A GRADUATE STUDENT, AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN
STUDYING IN HER OWN DORM ROOM GETS THE COPS CALLED ON HER.
SHE GOT THE COPS CALLED ON HER FOR STUDYING AT A SCHOOL
LET ALONE CARRYING AN ASSAULT WEAPON.
YOU THINK A BLACK MAN WALKS INTO A COLLEGE CAMPUS
CARRYING A WEAPON AND HE IS NOT STARTED BY COPS IMMEDIATELY?
THEY DON'T LIVE IN OUR WORLD, THEY LIVE IN A NICE LITTLE
BUBBLE WHERE
EVERYTHING IS HUNKY-DORY AND YOU GET TO PUSH PEOPLE AROUND
AND MAKE THE STATEMENTS AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT AND THEN
IF ANYONE SAYS MAYBE THAT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA, I AM THE VICTIM.
I'M THE VICTIM.
PLEASE.
YOU ARE A TOTAL IDIOT.
ONE OTHER THING THAT I DO WANT TO SAY IS LOOK, SHE IS
RIGHT IN LOOKING AT THE ISSUE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND
SAYING, IF THESE PEOPLE GET TO OPEN CARRY, WHY DON'T I AS
A STUDENT GET TO CARRY?
NO ONE SHOULD OPEN CARRY, IT IS A SAFE CAMPUS, THERE ARE NO
ISSUES THERE.
I DO NOT WANT TO GO TO A COLLEGE CAMPUS TO EITHER TEACH OR
LEARN WHERE PEOPLE ARE CARRYING THEIR WEAPONS OPENLY.
THAT IS NOT THE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT MOST PEOPLE
WANT TO EXIST IN, AND LOOK, I KNOW THAT UNIVERSITY IS IN A
TOUGH SPOT BECAUSE IT IS A STATE LAW, THIS IS A STATE SCHOOL AND
UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO FIND WAYS AROUND
WHAT IS GOING ON AND THE WAY THAT THEY DEAL WITH IT IS NOT
LETTING TEACHERS AND STUDENTS CARRY THE GUNS ON CAMPUS.
THESE RIGHT-WINGERS ARE MENTAL.
THEY WANT EVERYBODY TO WALK AROUND WITH ASSAULT RIFLES.
GREAT, SO THE MINUTE THERE IS ANY KIND OF
CONFLICT, EVERYBODY CAN FIRE.
HOW STUPID, HOW INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS.
YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO A COLLEGE CAMPUS WITH ALL OF THE
DRINKING AND ALL THE PEOPLE READY TO GET INTO A FIGHT,
YOU'RE GOING TO ARM THEM WITH ASSAULT RIFLES?
AND YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE ONE OF THE SAFEST CAMPUSES IN THE
COUNTRY THAT HAD A TERRIBLE SCHOOL SHOOTING AT AND YOU
ARE GOING TO SAY I'M GOING TO MAKE A GREAT POINT,
EVERYBODY SHOULD GET TO CARRY AN ASSAULT WEAPON, I GET TO DO
WHATEVER I WANT, I'M A PRETTY WHITE GIRL AND IF ANYONE
CRITICIZES ME, I AM THE VICTIM.
WHY DON'T YOU CRY FOR ME, FOX NEWS.
GET OUT OF HERE.