Johns Hopkins Lobbying For Guns… While Against Guns?

By Ammoland

Opinion By Larry Keane

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)-A recent analysis of the lobbying activity of Johns Hopkins University found a conflict in the institution’s priorities.

According to the Baltimore Sun, Hopkins spent $581,000 in the 2019 legislative session in its effort to convince lawmakers to approve an armed police force. This was a 58 percent increase from the prior session spending and made the University the third-biggest spender for Maryland’s 2019 General Assembly session. The proposal was met with controversy in the legislature, and on campus, where students held protests against the armed police force.

Request Granted

Their efforts paid off, with Gov. Larry Hogan signing the approval into effect for July 1. Hopkins can now create a police force of up to 100 armed officers for the campus and adjacent residential streets.

This is odd for the home of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, part of the Bloomberg School of Public Health, a center devoted to the promotion of gun control.

This center’s activities aren’t limited to the publication of research, as one would expect …Read the Rest

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