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A bill passed this week by a House committee would guarantee people the right to carry or possess firearms on the campuses of South Dakota’s public universities.
HB1261 would also prevent schools from expelling students or firing employees for having a gun on campus.
Glenn says, “I hope that more states — including mine — follow suit. If it saves just one life, it’s worth it.” He then provides this reminder:
Guns on Campus in South Dakota?
USCitizen links to a Glenn Reynolds who says People don’t stop killers. People with guns do. A bill passed this week by a House committee would guarantee people the right to carry or possess firearms on the campuses of South…
This is beautiful. I do wish all the states would adopt the Vermont model of gun laws.
I just found this website from IMAO and felt compelled to comment on this post because this issue (concealed carry on campus) is very important to me. Some states explicitly forbid individuals from carrying on campuses. It is legal in some states, but the campuses have policies in place that will suspend or expel a student for legally carrying on campus. Penn State is like this, and I’ve considered the risk to be too great at this point to carry on campus. I have a license to carry and do so all the time in public except when I’m on campus. We need legislation like this to prevent the college from being able to expel law abiding citizens.
There has been one nearly violent instance while I was on campus where I wish I had ignored the policy in case the situation had escalated any further.
There’s a Georgia bill to keep a watchful eye on. You can read details about it here: http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/search/hb915.htm