Students for Concealed Carry, a national organization started in response to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University shootings, has officially come to KSU. On Oct. 4 Luke Crawford turned his student group’s paperwork into Student Life to be recognized as an official Registered Student Organization.
“That’s where I see eye-to-eye with people,” Crawford said. “It’s our second amendment right.”
Students for Concealed Carry is a national student organization started in 2007 by Chris Brown, a political science major at the University of Texas. It has grown with more than350 established chapters on college campuses nationwide.
Currently, 21 states do not allow concealed carry on college campuses. This year 16 states proposed to allow students to carry a concealed weapon on campus who are 21 or older and have a weapons permit.
Columbus University was the first college to have a recognized branch of Students for Concealed Carry in Georgia, which has been followed by Georgia Institute of Technology, Southern Polytechnic State University and the University of Georgia. However, Georgia legislation still does not allow students to carry concealed weapons on campus.
“I think that all organizations should have a fair representation whether it’s something I believe in or it’s something I don’t believe in,” said Crawford. “If somebody wants to start an anti-guns on campus I think they should be able to get approved just as easily as us.”
At this time there are no student organizations on KSU campus with this goal.
