University Police Can No Longer Store Weapons Under I-1639

By Tom Knighton

Gun control advocates will sometimes claim that their proposals are needed to help police. Even the odd police chief will make the claim. What’s worse is that they really seem to believe that to be true.

However, campus police as Washington State University aren’t pleased with at least some provisions of the state’s controversial I-1639 law passed last year. It seems that one of the unintended consequences of the law would make their workload infinitely larger.

According to WSU assistant chief of police, Steven Hansen, the more rigorous background check process makes it difficult for the police force and students to store guns because it would require the police department to initiate a background check every time a student asked to check out their firearm. The new law would also require a mental health check by a state mental health provider each time a student asked to check out their firearm, a process that could take over a week, according to the Daily Evergreen.

WSU students previously stored between 50 and 70 guns with the WSU campus police, a service that will no longer be available.

“We’re disappointed that we can’t provide a valuable service anymore,” …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms