03-15-2008, 09:15 AM
SC Might Allow Guns on Campuses, Universities
Quote:There are ten states in the nation looking at whether or not to allow people with concealed weapons permits on college campuses.
One of those states is South Carolina...
A bill making it's way through the South Carolina State House may allow people with concealed weapons permits to be allowed to take guns on state property, including universities....
"Well, if you're a perpetrator, you take guns onto school property any way... You can look at Virginia Tech as a clear example," said State Representative Gary Simrill, who has a Concealed Weapons Permit, and takes his gun with him to the state house.
He said, "As soon as I pull into the state house parking deck I am in violation of the law."
He says the bill is to clear up some of those loop holes in the law to allow those who legally have permits, who have gone through SLED training, and intensive back ground checks to carry weapons in accordance to the law.
It is not intended to let those people take the law into their own hands.
Rep. Simrill said, "You're giving the same rights to the law abiding citizen... what the second amendment talks about, that the perpetrator or the criminal already takes for granted."