Arkansas panel backs bill requiring colleges to allow guns
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February 16, 2017
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas Senate panel on Wednesday advanced legislation requiring colleges and universities to allow concealed handguns on campus, rejecting a proposal to make employees who want to be armed undergo additional training.
The Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed by a voice vote the proposal requiring public colleges and universities to allow faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns on campus if they have a license from the state. A 2013 law leaves the decision up to the schools, but no campus has opted to do so. The proposal now heads to the majority-Republican Se...
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