Hello All,
I am curious to hear your opinions on concealed carry by students on a university campus. I am a member of my university student government association and recently we had a group form that was trying to advocate second amendment broadly, but the organization's main goal was to advocate the right and ability for people to carry concealed weapons on the university campus. Currently the university policy is that no one is allowed to carry on campus, open or otherwise unless they are sworn federal, state, local, etc. law enforcement. I, along with many of my fellow SGA members voted the organization down but they are currently in the process of a petition. Many students believe the idea of an armed citizen can be the best thing if a spontaneous active shooter event were to happen on campus. Personally, while I agree with the sentiment, knowing the folks that are most likely to carry concealed, the idea worries me. My other thought was that if the university police were called to respond to a subject with a gun call, anybody with a gun, whether the primary shooter or another student trying to respond would have to be subdued and placed in custody until the situation is resolved. However I could be completely wrong, as I am not a trained LEO. So if anyone has an opinion to weigh in I would love to hear it.
Thanks,
JCrew
tl;dr: My university SGA recently had a vote and voted down an organization that would attempt to allow students to conceal carry weapons on campus. I would love opinions from the perspective of a law enforcement officer.
I am curious to hear your opinions on concealed carry by students on a university campus. I am a member of my university student government association and recently we had a group form that was trying to advocate second amendment broadly, but the organization's main goal was to advocate the right and ability for people to carry concealed weapons on the university campus. Currently the university policy is that no one is allowed to carry on campus, open or otherwise unless they are sworn federal, state, local, etc. law enforcement. I, along with many of my fellow SGA members voted the organization down but they are currently in the process of a petition. Many students believe the idea of an armed citizen can be the best thing if a spontaneous active shooter event were to happen on campus. Personally, while I agree with the sentiment, knowing the folks that are most likely to carry concealed, the idea worries me. My other thought was that if the university police were called to respond to a subject with a gun call, anybody with a gun, whether the primary shooter or another student trying to respond would have to be subdued and placed in custody until the situation is resolved. However I could be completely wrong, as I am not a trained LEO. So if anyone has an opinion to weigh in I would love to hear it.
Thanks,
JCrew
tl;dr: My university SGA recently had a vote and voted down an organization that would attempt to allow students to conceal carry weapons on campus. I would love opinions from the perspective of a law enforcement officer.
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