Wisconsin would follow only one state in campus carry

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Source: Badgerherald.com




Wisconsin would follow only one state in campus carry
Some look to extend concealed carry on campus while others look to ban it completely


by Vidushi Saxena · Oct 27, 2015

A proposal from Republican legislators would make Wisconsin the second state in the nation to allow complete concealed carry on their public college and university campuses.

Jeff Nass, legislative affairs liaison for Wisconsin Force, said the campus carry act would give a person on campus the ability to protect him or herself from someone who chooses to misuse their size, gender or any form of a weapon. He said the act promotes student safety.

“Being able to defend yourself is 100 percent safety oriented,” Nass said.

According to a statement from the National Conference of State Legislatures, if the campus carry bill is passed, Wisconsin will join just one other state, Utah, in having a statute specifically naming public colleges and universities public entities. This title prohibits the institutions from banning concealed carry and gives anyone with appropriate licensure the ability to carry weapons on their property.

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Ray Cross, UW System president, and UW System chancellors said in a joint statement they could not support the bill because of significant concerns and questions regarding its safety......

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X-posted with WI Group

These same Republican lawmakers under Gov Walker banned guns in their offices at the Capitol. Walker and his gang will do anything to dump on the University of Wisconsin!

[Still In Wisconsin]

1. OK, sweet!

"Jeff Nass, legislative affairs liaison for Wisconsin Force, said the campus carry act would give a person on campus the ability to protect him or herself from someone who chooses to misuse their size, gender or any form of a weapon. He said the act promotes student safety."



I am a faculty member at a UW System institution. Does this mean the next time a large male student steps toward me while yelling about a grade (yes, this has happened multiple times) that I have the right to pull a gun and shoot him?

Also, since words can be considered the same as a weapon in certain circumstances, can I shoot students or colleagues who threaten me?


But, this is really going to improve safety. Thank God for Wisconsin's legislative Republicans and Scott Walker.

[wial]

7. Yes,

this means anyone misusing their gender is fair game.

[Geronimoe]

2. Binge drinking and guns don't mix

UW is a party school. So what happens if they hold a protest rally and they all are carrying guns?

[Mendocino]

5. Drunks with guns

what could possibly go wrong? When I was in college we made bazookas out of steel beverage cans that shot tennis balls. I'm sure if someone could have had actual firearms, there would have fatalities.

[Scuba]

3. It's part of the Republican War on Education. They figure this'll scare away the smart ones.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

8. Or at least the "liberal" professors

After all, who wants to confront with new ideas someone who has been taught by the neocon/GOP/Faux News hate machine that progressive thought is un-American and should be stifled at all cost.

It just takes one deranged student killing a professor to make the rest think of changing the way they teach history or government or economics, etc. It's like the Texas school book controversy -- omit one sentence, change one word ("slavery" becomes "forced migration", human contributions to climate change are omitted) and you change the entire interpretation of history or science.

Guns are power. Truth is power. The question is which is to prevail.

[Shrike47]

4. Campus carry is also legal in Oregon, due to court decisions based on the Oregon Constitution.

Public colleges only, and the college can limit in some respects.

[central scrutinizer]

6. ORS 166 passed in 1989

Allows concealed carry by anybody with a valid permit anywhere in Oregon where it isn't banned by other regulations (airports, courthouses, etc.)