Discuss “Philosophy and Firearms”

Preston Covey wheeled himself into his office, then made his way to his desk chair. The office had high shelves full of books, mostly concerning guns. On one shelf devoid of reading material he had perhaps as many as 40 pipes, one of which he lit a few minutes after he entered the room.

Covey is a fully sworn deputy who has overseen training in firearms for the Sheriff?s Reserve of Allegheny County. He has had over 600 hours of deadly force training. He has co-authored and edited an official document for law enforcement firearms instructors.

But to the students of Carnegie Mellon, Covey is a philosophy professor. He has been at Carnegie Mellon for over 30 years, and he taught the current provost, Mark Kamlet, when Kamlet was a student here....