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A&M President Michael Young speaks to University House Staff Council on Tuesday:

"A staff member in the audience raised his concerns on the implementation of campus carry legislation and asked what is being done to avoid an adversarial climate on campus.

Starting in fall 2016, students 21 years or older with concealed carry licenses will be permitted to carry concealed firearms into buildings on campus. Young pointed out that concealed carry is permitted in some areas of campus and officials do not know how many metal detectors are located outside of classrooms.

He said the rules as they stand combined with the fact that mass shootings are typically not at the hands of concealed carry permit holders, but rather individuals with mental health issues, makes this topic a psychological and political issue instead of a safety issue.

“What we would like to end up with is limitations that are as consistent with our optimal teaching environment as we possibly can,” Young said. “I think that has to be the goal, and I think we have to do that in the context of remembering we are Aggies who are respectful of each other, that Aggies on one side of this debate should not want to make Aggies on the other side uncomfortable.”

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Jim