In some states, guns are heading to college campuses

By Megan Gibson

"Thanks to a surge in changing regulations, many student's first-day-of-college checklist could read something like this: textbooks, check; laptop, check; handgun, check."

"Inside Higher Ed reports that just last week, 'the Oregon Court of Appeals overturned a longstanding rule of the state university system that prohibited guns on its campuses, making it legal for concealed carry permit-holders to carry anywhere on public college grounds.' Of course, this is just the latest in a list of gun-related state measures that have made it more likely that firearms will be turning up across America's campuses. Last year, a Colorado court overturned a ban on permit-holders bringing their guns to campus, and earlier this year Wisconsin and Mississippi passed laws that allowed anyone with a concealed-weapons permit to carry a gun on a public campus. ..."

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