OKLAHOMA CITY — Legislation that would allow faculty members and administrators at Oklahoma's colleges and universities to carry concealed handguns on campus was narrowly approved by a state House committee Wednesday despite the pleas of school officials who argued it would make campuses more dangerous.
"This is not a good idea," said Roger Webb, president of the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond and the state's former commissioner of public safety. Webb said the presence of guns on college campuses will create unsafe conditions for students and faculty and that campus security should be the responsibility of trained law enforcement officers.
Chancellor of Higher Education Glen Johnson said all 25 college and university officials in the state oppose guns on campus.
But the bill's author, Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, said the measure would provide a way for college professors and administrators to protect themselves and others during campus violence like the mass shootings in 2007 at Virginia Tech and 2008 at Northern Illinois.--snip--
The measure, similar to a bill pending in the Senate, would authorize faculty and administrators who have state-issued concealed handgun permits to carry them on campus. Terrill said colleges and universities will still be able to issue campus-wide bans on handguns under the bill.http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/54e4a89dece94229b1bfdec13440d16c/OK-XGR--Gun_Bills/While this is good stuff, I'd prefer to see it expanded to CCW for legal carriers 21 or over who have passed all background checks yada yada including STUDENTS and faculty.
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