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Rep. Charlie Collins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A bill that would force Arkansas public universities and colleges to allow staff members to carry concealed handguns advanced from the Senate Judiciary Committee on a voice vote.<\/p>\n

House Bill 1249<\/a> revises a 2013 law that let campus officials determine whether to allow staff to carry concealed weapons. All state colleges and universities opted out. If HB 1249 becomes law, state institutions would no longer have that option.<\/p>\n

The bill now heads to the state Senate, where it is expected to pass. It would then go to Governor Hutchinson to be signed into law.<\/p>\n

Rep. Charlie Collins (R-Fayetteville), lead sponsor of HB 1249 and sponsor of the 2013 measure, said HB 1249 is about letting an individual concealed carry holder decide whether to bring a gun\u00a0onto campus instead of a university.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ultimate form of local control is individual liberty. And in this case, I think that absolutely applies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The bill would not allow concealed weapons in hospitals or daycares attached to a university or in grievance hearings or at large gatherings.<\/p>\n

Dr. Charles Welch, president of the Arkansas State University System, spoke against the bill, noting two incidents when active shooter situations did not escalate.<\/p>\n

In one, a group of international students making a video were mistaken for shooters. They hid before discovering they had been the ones identified as potential shooters.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes it\u2019s not about the shoots that are fired. Sometimes it\u2019s about the shots that are not fired,\u201d Welch said. \u201cBecause of great restraint and because of significant training from our campus law enforcement, we were able to avoid any shoots being fired.\u201d<\/p>\n

HB 1249 requires no training.<\/p>\n

Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson (R-Little Rock), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, attempted to change that, introducing an amendment that would have required concealed carry license holders who wanted to bring guns on campus to receive 16 hours of active shooter training from the State Police every five years.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we\u2019re going to mandate policy, we ought to mandate the best training,\u201d Hutchinson said, \u201cSixteen hours isn\u2019t enough to handle every situation, but it\u2019s better than zero hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was voted down.<\/p>\n

Collins said that such training was unnecessary because concealed carry allowances would only be granted to employees. He reiterated that students \u2014 specifically \u201cyoung boys, slapping their cowboy hat on, drinking a fifth of whiskey, running around the dorm rooms looking for a gun to shoot somebody\u201d \u2014 would be barred by the measure.<\/p>\n

Sen. Trent Garner (R-El Dorado), a co-sponsor of HB 1249, said multiple times that \u201cgood guys with guns\u201d would be the ones carrying.<\/p>\n

When asked by Sen. Will Bond (D-Little Rock) how one distinguishes between a \u201cbad person\u201d and\u00a0a \u201cgood person\u201d in an active shooter situation, Garner said, \u201cThe attitude of that person, how they carry themselves, what they were saying, how they were moving \u2014 all of that dictates to somebody who is a bad guy and who is a good guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garner added that during his military experience, while a different situation, \u201cit was pretty obvious.\"<\/p>\n

This reporting is courtesy of the Arkansas Nonprofit News Network<\/a>, an independent, nonpartisan news project dedicated to producing journalism that matters to Arkansans.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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