Yale Daily News

Darkness falls upon light.

I'm so glad he got a felony charge. He will no longer be able to vote or own a gun legally.

Chris Keefer is incorrect. Connecticut allows felons to vote upon completing imprisonment or parole.

I remember that in my freshman year (1973) our Resident adviser told us that Yale would bend a lot of rules and look the other way a lot of times but would not tolerate gun possession; the last student found with a hand gun at Yale had been expelled.

I believe the case he referred to involved other issues like dealing in a lot of pot, etc.

"Chris Keefer is incorrect. Connecticut allows felons to vote upon completing imprisonment or parole." I stand corrected. But the good news is that he will NOT be able to buy a gun or own one legally and thats what really matters.

When a Yale leftist (and Skull & Bones member!) burns someone's American flag, Yale proudly defends him. When a Yale student exercises his Second Amendment right to bear arms, not so.

This guy got off relatively easy considering the amount of firepower and ammo he had. He appears to be a nut of some sort. He got a slap on the wrist; if it had been an African-American or a Latino, the court would have thrown the book at him or her.

All these guns and ammo are nuts. I have a child at Yale. I would not feel comfortable having this guy readmitted to Yale. Executive Committee, don't let him come back a year from now(or ever). Inexcusable.

i heard you do LOSE voting priveleges when convicted of a felony and you can plead years after for re-instatement of your voting rights.It was just in the paper the other day that City Hall has obtained voting rights for several felons

But Lights charges were dropped down to misdemeaners for a plea bargain agreement or was that the other student?

I am a bit ambivalent about whether this guy should be readmitted to Yale. I think that after he's paid his debt to society and he's undergone some serious mental health counseling, Yale should re-visit the issue of whether he should be readmitted to the School. There's an argument to be made that there should be zero tolerance for those convicted of weapons related charges; however, as a society we do believe in second chances and rehabilitation. He should have to demonstrate convincingly that he is fit to be among other students and will not pose a danger to their health or safety.

For those of us that knew David, what has happened to him is a sad tragedy. Anyone that met him knew that he was a gun enthusiast, and also knew that he wasn't a danger to anyone. I look forward to seeing him return to campus, and hope Ex Comm makes the rational decision to allow him to.

There goes the second amendment. So much for the bill of rights. Did he hurt anyone? No. Did he plan on hurting anyone? No. A place where a man's future can be ruined just because he chose to partake in his constitutional rights is not the America I believe in.