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Campus Carry, Not Scary

May 19, 2015

Why does California State Senator Lois Walk choose to be ignorant?  With her representing a college town you would hope otherwise.

Wolk is campaigning to largely prevent the few folks with California concealed carry licenses (CCW) from exercising the right on campuses (the bill as currently drafted, subject to change no doubt, leaves it up to schools to set policy).  Ignoring how this creates legal jeopardy for CCW holders unaware of shifting restrictions from place to place, the bigger question is “why?” The empirical data does not support the need to discriminate as Wolk wants to do.

In our recent Non-Brady State Scorecard report, we discovered that states that allow CCW holders to carry on campuses, both K12 public schools and college campuses, had significantly lower violent crime rates, including firearm homicides and all forms of murder.  The effect is amplified in “college campus carry” states, indicating that a fair amount of murder, rape, robbery, and assault that happens on or near college campuses is suppressed by the possibility of armed response.

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Why does California State Senator Lois Walk choose to be ignorant?  With her representing a college town you would hope otherwise.

Wolk is campaigning to largely prevent the few folks with California concealed carry licenses (CCW) from exercising the right on campuses (the bill as currently drafted, subject to change no doubt, leaves it up to schools to set policy).

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