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[tony]

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Gun bill gets shot down by panel (VA Tech - On Drudge)
Roanoke.com ^ | January 31, 2006 | Greg Esposito

Posted on 04/16/2007 9:48:10 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182

A bill that would have given college students and employees the right to carry handguns on campus died with nary a shot being fired in the General Assembly.

House Bill 1572 didn't get through the House Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety. It died Monday in the subcommittee stage, the first of several hurdles bills must overcome before becoming laws.

The bill was proposed by Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah County, on behalf of the Virginia Citizens Defense League. Gilbert was unavailable Monday and spokesman Gary Frink would not comment on the bill's defeat other than to say the issue was dead for this General Assembly session.

Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker was happy to hear the bill was defeated. "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus."

Del. Dave Nutter, R-Christiansburg, would not comment Monday because he was not part of the subcommittee that discussed the bill.

Most universities in Virginia require students and employees, other than police, to check their guns with police or campus security upon entering campus. The legislation was designed to prohibit public universities from making "rules or regulations limiting or abridging the ability of a student who possesses a valid concealed handgun permit ... from lawfully carrying a concealed handgun."

The legislation allowed for exceptions for participants in athletic events, storage of guns in residence halls and military training programs.

Last spring a Virginia Tech student was disciplined for bringing a handgun to class, despite having a concealed handgun permit. Some gun owners questioned the university's authority, while the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police came out against the presence of guns on campus.

In June, Tech's governing board approved a violence prevention policy reiterating its ban on students or employees carrying guns and prohibiting visitors from bringing them into campus facilities.

[Mr_Mischif]

It's not exactly irony, because even if they did allow guns on camput, I doubt many people would carry them.

[tony]

There was a shooting on the campus last year, plenty of bomb threats.. I don't know about you but that is enough to make me want to carry. Mr. dipshit might have thought twice not knowing who may be carrying a weapon theirself.. even so the bill would have at least given the students a chance. The campus is a firearm free zone and a shooting still occurred, what does that say?

[koukis14]

There was a shooting on the campus last year, plenty of bomb threats.. I don't know about you but that is enough to make me want to carry. Mr. dipshit might have thought twice not knowing who may be carrying a weapon theirself.. even so the bill would have at least given the students a chance. The campus is a firearm free zone and a shooting still occurred, what does that say?

They need to buy metal detectors.

[fight club]

and what? metal detect people in the quad??!