Guns on university campuses: The Colorado experience

[ELB]

By Dave Kopel writing on the Volohk Conspiracy at the Washinton Post.

Texas appears poised to join the growing number of states allowing licensed, trained adults to carry concealed handguns for lawful protection on the campuses of public universities and colleges. In Texas, as elsewhere, opponents offer a parade of horribles about the supposed results: heated classroom discussion of Sophocles will result in gunfights; students will threaten to kill professors who gave them a bad grade, and so on. Since Colorado has had licensed guns on campus for over a decade, it may be helpful to look at the experience there.

Forum members can guess what the experience was, but this ought to be brought into the Legislature when HB 937 comes up... Go read the whole thing.

[joe817]

I totally Agree. A good article, ELB. It should be read from the floor of the House. Thanks for posting!

[baldeagle]

Shocking that this article appears in the Washington Post.

[gthaustex]

Good article. Interesting information.