Campus carry now legal in Kansas, draws mixed reactions

By Andrew Shepperson

It is now legal to carry concealed firearms on Kansas college campuses, and reactions to that new reality have so far been mixed.
The law that was originally passed in 2013 took effect on July 1, allowing lawful gun owners 21 and older to carry concealed guns on college campuses throughout the state. Reactions among students, who can now carry firearms in their dorms and classrooms, have so for been lukewarm, KCTV5 reported.
University of Kansas student Megan Jones, founder of the Fail Campus Carry group that sent a letter to U.S. embassies warning them of the new law, said she planned on leaving the university now that guns were allowed on campus.
“Universities can ban toasters in people’s dorm rooms because of the fire risk but they’re not going to be allowed to ban a gun,” Jones said. “People are going to die as a result of this law.”
Professor Phillip Nel called the new law “insane” and said he will be working from home during the fall semester while trying to look for a position elsewhere.
“The possibility that someone is carrying a gun is the threat as much as someone actually carrying the gun is a threat because it changes the climate,” Nel said. “It

Source: Guns.com