http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/20/cnnu.guns/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
This is awesome to see students and faculty exercising their second amendment rights, and carrying to protect their lives against all threats on campus.
Just as the first conceal carry laws were met with skepticism that cities would turn into the wild west, where are those people to speak out now against the State of Utah? Since 2006, Utah has allowed conceal carry in their Colleges: Where are all of the "irresponsible" young adults causing mass shootouts that the antis predicted?
It would be nice to see a trend start across the country, as more responsible citizens in Utah carry on campus. One can only hope...
The University of Utah, based in Salt Lake City, had prohibited firearms on its campus until that ban was struck down by the state's Supreme Court in late 2006. The institution, backed by all other universities in the state, is still fighting through federal courts to reinstate the ban.
But state legislators could be moving in the opposite direction, considering a bill to modify current law to allow people in Utah -- including students -- to carry loaded weapons openly.
Utah State Representative Curtis Oda said the bill, which he is sponsoring, is merely to clarify that people with weapons permits may carry a gun openly or -- with a concealed permit -- they may hide it for the sake of surprise.
He stressed that people with permits have gone through rigorous checks.
"When you see someone with a gun, you are looking at some of the most law-abiding people in the state," he said.
This is awesome to see students and faculty exercising their second amendment rights, and carrying to protect their lives against all threats on campus.
Just as the first conceal carry laws were met with skepticism that cities would turn into the wild west, where are those people to speak out now against the State of Utah? Since 2006, Utah has allowed conceal carry in their Colleges: Where are all of the "irresponsible" young adults causing mass shootouts that the antis predicted?
It would be nice to see a trend start across the country, as more responsible citizens in Utah carry on campus. One can only hope...