UGA parents to governor: Would you want guns around your grandkids?

One overlooked aspect of the campus carry bill passed by the House and Senate and now on the governor’s desk is that it also impacts some of the state’s youngest students — babies and toddlers.

There are about 1,700 young children in university sanctioned childcare centers around the state. House Bill 859, as passed by the House and Senate, would allow guns in those childcare facilities.

The legislation allows anyone 21 or older with a weapons license to carry a gun anywhere on a public college or university campus, except for limited locations — inside dormitories, fraternities and sorority houses, and at athletic events.