Students, Faculty and Lawmakers Debate Issue of Guns on Campus

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