Tennessee Campus Carry Bill Headed To Senate

By James England

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — There’s tense debate about campus carry coming to Tennessee even as its Senate passes a measure which would allow it. It’s a hard conversation that needs to be carried out between law enforcement tasked with clearing and securing an area — arguably a function requiring militaristic coordination — and the individual liberty of a person to defend his or her own life with a concealed carry firearm.

There’s no clear cut answer to these questions posed by the Chief of Police of the University of Memphis in response to this recent bill.

“Here at the U of M, we have a multi-hazard emergency response plan; we conduct regular training activities for emergency events and have emergency notification systems for students and staff,” Harber said in an email to The Daily Helmsman. “Additionally, we have a well-trained police department and a mutual assistance agreement with MPD (Memphis Police Department). [If the bill passes,] every person and weapon encountered will have to be secured on the way to responding toward a threat. This deviates from the national model that urges police officers to respond as quickly as possible in situations where literally every second is critical.”

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Source:: Concealed Nation