Debate rages for guns on campus in Tennessee

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Memphis Commercial Appeal (TN)

By Richard Morgan and Grant Smith

"Today's college freshmen have grown up in a world where the Columbine High School shooting happened at the beginning of their grade-school years and the 33 deaths during the Virginia Tech massacre, the deadliest shooting spree in U.S. history, happened around the time they entered high school."

"And now, on the heels of the recent shooting in Tucson, Ariz. -- which killed six, severely wounded a congresswoman and injured a dozen others -- pro-gun advocates have been pressing state legislatures to allow broad use of concealed handguns on public college campuses. ..."

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