Kansas’ Campus Carry Law Has Finally Gone Into Effect. Here’s How Things Are Going So Far.
By Erika Haas
For the first time, Kansas is allowing students and professors to carry concealed weapons on public university and college campuses – and so far, the state is having mixed results.
The 2013 law – known as known as the Public Building Security Act, which amended Kansas’ Personal and Family Protection Act – legalized concealed carry in all public buildings, but was not implemented on college and university campuses until July 1st.
While a bill was introduced earlier this year to allow these colleges and universities to remain exempt from the law, it was promptly – and rightfully – shut down.
As a result, many Kansas professors have resigned, claiming campus carry makes colleges less safe and stifles open and free debate (do I even need to point out the irony, here?).
Others decided to keep their jobs and protest the law in a different way, like University of Kansas film and media studies professor Kevin Willmott.
Willmott showed up to the first day of class on Tuesday wearing a bullet proof vest – not exactly an original idea.
“Try to forget I’m wearing a bulletproof vest and I’ll try to forget …Read the Rest
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