- October 05, 2015
As the nation mourns those killed in last week’s mass shooting at an Oregon community college, Kansas universities are preparing to implement a law that will allow most people to carry concealed firearms without a permit on campus. Kansas public universities have authority to ban guns on campus. That will change on July 1, 2017, when they’ll be required to open their institutions to concealed weapons. The Kansas Board of Regents, which sets policy for the state university system, is studying where and how guns can be controlled without violating the law, said board chairman Shane Bangerter.Wow, THIS one caught me by surprise!
I've recently recounted the travails on Oregon campi after state law there declared that concealed carry should be allowed. University and college administrators declared that ... okay, you can carry on campus if you're licensed ... except for in specified buildings, and then only with written authorization.
And the buildings were not specified, and the process for 'authorization' has not been defined. Which essentially allowed the administration to ban ALL guns in ALL buildings, because nothing says they have to "authorize" any damn thing!
So, will Kansas resort to the same tactics? I don't know; but I was born and raised in Oregon, and although I love my beautiful green state I detest the politics which rule it. Hopefully, Kansas will turn out to be a much more "liberal" state .... in the original sense of the term, which means being willing to consider new ways of thinking.
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Of course Kansas has a rather small population, no really large cities and not very many universities. Quite a few small community collages though. They will probably be able to keep things under control. Go Jayhawkers.
CC has just been permitted, by law, at Texas Universities, and the folks that run those universities are already thinking up ways to keep it from happening and how to circumvent the law. Lets face it, academia is against the concept of individuals being armed.
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