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friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
15. You're supposed to simply accept the moral panic mongering without asking awkward questions...
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 10:46 PM
Aug 2018

...or looking at a Kansas City Star article linked in the original article, for that matter:

https://www.kansascity.com/news/article203516929.html


After concealed carry allowed on campus, KU hired more safety officers and crime fell

While the national debate over arming teachers heats up, the University of Kansas — where this year students and faculty can carry concealed weapons on campus — reports that crime there is down.

In a report released late last week, KU Public Safety officials said crime on the Lawrence campus declined 13 percent from 2016 to 2017. In the first six months of permitted concealed guns on campus, there have been no criminal weapons violations.

KU Public Safety attributes the drop in crime to steps the university took to improve campus security after the legalization of concealed carry. Three additional police officers and three security officers were hired.



I used to teach at KU lapfog_1 Aug 2018 #1
There will never be an upside to guns at K.U. Unbelievable. It's a good place to avoid now. n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2018 #6
There's just no upside for firearms possession. I've quit going to our church over it. marble falls Aug 2018 #11
Sounds like a terrifying place fescuerescue Aug 2018 #2
That would be a wise move. Who needs that nonsense, and outlandish, idiotic threat every day? n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2018 #7
I was a professor at KU Med for 30 years. greymattermom Aug 2018 #3
This is not going to end well. Had not heard this concealed carry extended to the Medical Center. Judi Lynn Aug 2018 #5
what years? My Brother in Law was a medical student as KU Med in the early 1970s lapfog_1 Aug 2018 #9
From the relevant Kansas law: Girard442 Aug 2018 #4
Infuriating. Completely without conscience. Almost could make one sick even thinking about it. Judi Lynn Aug 2018 #8
college fix is a right wing website alp227 Aug 2018 #10
Had no idea. I thought the student who wrote the article was just a little looney. Judi Lynn Aug 2018 #14
I said I would retire if they allowed concealed carry on our campuses. sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #12
What would have stopped anyone before from bringing a gun to office hours? tammywammy Aug 2018 #13
You're supposed to simply accept the moral panic mongering without asking awkward questions... friendly_iconoclast Aug 2018 #15
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