SB 182, the bill that will make it legal to carry firearms on campuses of higher
education, is still currently in the Criminal Justice committee. According to the
process of bills, this means that the bill is currently in Stage One. Once it has left the Criminal Justice
committee, it will move to be voted on by the Senate. Further updates are to
come as the bill continues in the Texas Legislature.
According to a Forbes online article, the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007 cause the debate for gun on college
campuses increased dramatically. In 2008, only one state allowed guns on public
institutions. Now there are five states (Colorado, Mississippi, Oregon, Utah,
and Wisconsin) that allowed concealed guns on campuses of public institutions. David
Burnett of Students for Concealed Carry said that allowing licensed concealed carry would give potential pause and ultimately
give innocent victims a fighting chance.
However, Gary Olson, the former Provost of Idaho State
University said that there is no recorded incident in which a victim–or spectator–of a violent
crime on a campus has prevented that crime by brandishing a weapon. Olson went
onto say that school officers are normally the ones firing the guns and so, it
would be difficult for the officers to their job when 10,000 other students
could have weapons as well.
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