Push for looser on-campus gun laws!

by confuzzled dude Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:04 pm

This year alone, legislators in 15 states introduced 22 bills that called for a loosening of gun restrictions on college campuses.

The killing of 10 people at a small community college campus in Oregon on Thursday delivered a painful reminder across the U.S. of the unnerving prevalence of gun violence in educational settings.

Since the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut, where a gunman killed 20 children and six staff members, there have been 142 school shootings in the U.S. That’s equal to a rate of one per week. Of those incidents, 62 took place on college campuses, including Thursday’s shooting at Umpqua Community College in southwest Oregon.

In 2015, legislators in 15 states introduced 22 bills that called for a loosening of gun restrictions on college campuses, according to The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus. By comparison, there was just one bill introduced that would make it tougher to carry a firearm on a college campus. The measure, introduced in California, would prohibit any concealed carry permit holder from bringing a weapon on a public or private college campus without permission from campus officials.

Despite the push for looser on-campus gun laws, all but one of the 22 pro-gun measures met defeat. Nichols says that’s attributable to “common sense that college campuses are not good places for guns” due to their “enclosed spaces” and populations of young people who are prone to using drugs and alcohol.

The one victory pro-gun advocates had was a sizable one. Texas became one of the nine states to allow firearms on college campuses in June when Governor Greg Abbott signed a “campus carry” law, which allows gun license holders to carry concealed handguns on public college campuses. Top universities in the state came out against the law, and opponents were able to secure some caveats. University presidents will be able to designate “gun-free zones,” but they can’t ban handguns on entire campuses.

http://fortune.com/2015/10/03/oregon-shooting-guns-campus/

Why stop at college campuses, let's allow guns in offices, movie theaters, restaurants. Hopefully, commonsense prevails.

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Oct 03, 2015 6:48 pm

typical NRA strategy. every time there is a mass shooting, relax gun laws a little more.

This is one screwed up country.

Push for looser on-campus gun laws!

Push for looser on-campus gun laws!

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