UGA grad student: Guns would make campus safer

While many college leaders and students protested the possibility of guns on Georgia’s campuses, there were some students unhappy to see Gov. Nathan Deal veto the campus carry bill last week.

Among them is University of Georgia graduate student Vicki A. Scullion who maintains she and her classmates at UGA are not safer now as a result of the veto.

Writing in the AJC’s Get Schooled blog, Scullion says, “An open announcement stating that our faculty and students are unarmed makes us unsafe. If you were a criminal, wouldn’t you be more likely to target someone who you know won’t be carrying a gun? Instead of protecting us, you’ve left those of us who attend or work at Georgia universities vulnerable to predators and criminals. Shame on you, Gov. Deal.”