Campus Carry Becomes Law In Tennessee, Possibly Georgia

By Bob Owens

Campus carry has become the law of the land for public colleges in Tennessee yesterday, and could become law in Georgia as soon as today.

A bill allowing staff and faculty at Tennessee’s public colleges and universities to be armed on campus became law on Monday without Republican Gov. Bill Haslam’s signature.

Haslam said in a statement that he disagreed with the bill for not allowing campus leader “to make their own decisions regarding security issues on campus.”

But the governor acknowledged that the final version of the measure had addressed concerns raised by college administrators, with provisions protecting colleges from liability and a requirement to notify law enforcement about who is armed on campus.

The Tennessee law limiting campus carry to faculty and staff with state-issued handgun carry permits is more limited than a bill awaiting a decision by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal. That measure would allow anyone age 21 and up to carry a concealed handgun on campus with the proper permit.

While the delicate sensibilities of university Marxists professors, administrators, and campus cops have been clearly rattled by the advance of campus carry around the nation, and there have been the usual hysterical claims that there will be “blood in …Read the Rest

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