As the state Senate prepares to take a vote on the campus carry bill, the presidents of the undergraduate and graduate student bodies at Georgia Tech have a message: Keep Tech gun free.
In a MyAJC.com column today, the two student leaders urge lawmakers to vote "no" on House Bill 859, the campus carry bill, writing, "We hope they will be able to weigh the real day-to-day fear of our students against the generalities of Second Amendment rights advocated by others. We hope they will speak up for us."
House Bill 859 would allow anyone 21 or older with a weapons license to carry a gun at a public college or university campus. Dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses and athletic events would be excluded.
The campus carry bill appears poised to pass, although the chancellor and college presidents are advocating against it. The bill passed the House easily and now goes to the Senate floor. If passed, the governor has suggested in recent comments he will sign it.
In response to a question about the safety concerns of higher education leaders in Georgia over campus carry, Deal told the AJC, "I think they should be concerned about making sure that those students are taught and educated. That's their responsibility. The law will take care of the rest of it."
To read why Georgia Tech students don't believe guns will make their campus safer, go to the AJC Get Schooled blog on MyAJC.com,
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