MSU Officials Worried About Conceal & Carry on Campus

A move to allow concealed weapons on college campuses is dividing administrators and their students.

The State House is on its way to clearing a provision to allow college students to carry guns on campus, with a conceal and carry permit.

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MSU STATEMENT on HOUSE VOTE:
"The consensus of experts is that allowing handguns on campus is inconsistent with campus safety," said President Michael Nietzel. "We concur with that assessment. Removing the ban on concealed weapons on campus is not wise, it is not necessary, and will not promote greater safety," Nietzel said

"It can make those campuses safer because there's a possibility that a student can help assist in taking care of the issue before more people are killed or hurt," said student Nathan Starmer, a college Republican who supports the change. Starmer said the ban ignores reality, because anyone who wants a weapon, will carry one.