Campus Carry Bills Advancing Nationwide

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Campus carry is one of those topics that keeps coming back to the same argument — and honestly, the argument is getting harder to dismiss.

"The philosophical foundation for the Second Amendment is the right to self-defense, and our right to protect ourselves and others from criminal violence is no different at a university than it is at a gas station, supermarket, or coffee shop."

That's the whole thing right there. If you carry to your kid's soccer game, your grocery run, your morning coffee — you're already making the judgment call that you're responsible enough to do it safely. The campus gate doesn't change your training, your temperament, or your permit status.

"What has materialized is a legal framework where a 22-year-old with a valid carry permit — who can legally carry everywhere else in the state — loses that right the moment they step onto a public university campus."

Utah has had campus carry for years and the "blood in the hallways" crowd has nothing to point to. That's not an opinion — that's a track record. At some point the burden of proof shifts to the people defending the restriction, not the ones questioning it.

The Louisiana situation is worth paying attention to — a bill dying because the students who asked for it didn't show up to testify is the kind of thing that sets a movement back more than outright opposition does. If you want the legislature to act, you show up.

For those of you who carry daily — how do you handle the campuses, hospitals, or other posted buildings in your regular routine, and has that ever actually changed how you planned your day?

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Read the full article in The Handbook → | By Steve Duskett