The Student Government Association (SGA) at the University of Central Missouri voted this week to approve a motion to oppose conceal carry on university campuses. I called the SGA office this afternoon and was informed that the vote was 12 in favor (opposed to conceal carry), 2 opposed (in favor of conceal carry), and 2 abstentions.
The Warrensburg Daily Star Journal has continued to cover this story: Student leaders vote to oppose guns on campus
Our previous posts on the subject of conceal carry on university campuses in Missouri: Denny Hoskins (r): where missing a really important vote gets you
The Faculty Senate at the University of Central Missouri will be addressing the issue next week:
Faculty Senate
Agenda Item
Motion Form
Maker: Robert Yates Second: James Swanson
Date: April 22, 2009A Resolution of the Faculty Senate of the University of Central Missouri
Because the purpose of a university is to acquire and disseminate knowledge,
Because the presence of guns on campus is not conducive to the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge,
Because the Missouri Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (MACLEA) opposes conceal and carry permit holders’ bringing guns to campus,
Because the presence of guns on campus directly affects the working environment of all instructors,
The Faculty Senate of the University of Central Missouri opposes any effort to allow guns on our campus and urges the Missouri legislature to maintain the rights of individual universities and community colleges to adopt their own policies concerning the present ban on guns on college campuses…
…Motion #2008-2009-19
And Denny Hoskins (r – noun, verb, CPA) previously said:
“…I’ve talked to Public Safety at UCM, I’ve talked to university officials and I’ve talked to a member of the Faculty Senate, but most importantly I’ve talked with many of my constituents and I support the amendment…”
Evidently he didn’t talk to enough people. Or maybe it was just to the ones he owes.
As the maker of the Faculty Senate motion, you know what I told Hoskins about the bill.
Of course, at that time he had yet to take a position.
Interestingly, I have received emails from colleagues who support what I’m doing. This is the first time I have ever had such emails.
A challenge I would like to pose to any member of the state legislature who supports this bill.
Right now the only conceal and carry permit holders who can bring a gun into the capitol are members of the General Assembly. However, the argument for having more guns on campus is that guns make everyone safer.
OK, let’s follow that logic. If they want to make me safer by allowing more guns where I work, why don’t they make where they work safer and allow ALL conceal and carry permit holders to bring guns into the state capitol?
…the Student Government Association at the University of Central Missouri: