February 12th, 2008
Bill Could Allow Concealed Weapons at Colleges
On Thursday, the Senate State Affairs Committee scheduled a hearing for Senate Bill 1381. The bill was drafted by a group of Idaho college students after last year’s shooting rampage at Virginia Tech that left more than 30 people dead.
The idea behind the bill is to give students a chance to protect themselves against this type of on-campus violence.
Via Great Blue Whale.
Meanwhile, Sear and Hammer points out the rational, measured response of the Idaho State Journal:
The Journal’s editorial board argues that the police and campus security should be enough to save students from a mad marauder who is bent on mass murder. The fresh bodies in the morgue in Louisiana prove differently. Universities and police departments have been on high-alert since Virginia Tech and yet, despite all their planning, they still cannot magically appear to stop a lunatic who is slaughtering fellow students. All they can do is secure the scene and draw chalk lines.
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