| In the wake of tragic shootings on the campuses of | | | | Campus, currently counting about 8,000 students as |
| Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University, debate has | | | | members, is arguing that students and faculty who are |
| centered on whether college students and teachers | | | | already licensed to carry concealed weapons should |
| should be able to carry their own firearms on school | | | | be allowed to do so on college grounds. The |
| grounds. While every state except Illinois and | | | | organization is non-partisan, and does not affiliate itself |
| Wisconsin allow some form of concealed handgun | | | | with the National Rifle Association or any other group. |
| carrying rights, Utah is the only state that expressly | | | | One protest organized by the group had students |
| allows students to carry concealed weapons on | | | | from 110 colleges and universities going to class |
| campus. | | | | wearing empty holsters. |
| A group called Students for Concealed Carry on | | | | |