Some are but there seem to be extraordinarily active Concealed Carry groups on several of the campuses.texanjoker wrote:That and I wonder how many would actually carry? Colleges seem to be filled with liberals that don't like guns.03Lightningrocks wrote:The students ask for it many times. They invite drug dealers and others who should not be there into the dorms to party with them. They get drunk and wonder around the outside edges of the campus. That campus sits dead in the middle of one of the worse areas of Houston.
My son went to the U of H School of law. He lived in an off campus apartment and had already experienced four years of college at UT Austin so he was already over being mesmerized by new found freedom from parents. Unfortunately, many are not and they are usually the ones who ignorantly let partying get them into trouble.
A few years back, they discovered a couple reports were falsely made by students who had blown all their money and needed a story for mommy and daddy.
So who knows... But carrying on campus will never stop students from asking drug dealers to deliver in the dorms.
I'm working with one of my local school board members to get CHL approved in at least some of our local schools. I believe that there is a deterrent effect of doing that. By advertizing that the schools are no longer gun free zones, the appeal of them as targets should be diminished. I do realize that it might be like putting a burglar alarm sticker on the window of a home that doesn't have one. So I'd be OK if campus carry were passed and only a few students took advantage of it. It puts the decision back into the hands of people and I will always believe that is the correct thing to do. For me, the car jacking/murder event 14 miles for Newark, NJ this week is a great example where the self-defense decision was in someone else's hands.