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sinkingfeeling

(53,025 posts)
Fri May 24, 2013, 07:01 AM May 2013

No Guns on Campus at University of Arkansas, Board Votes

http://arkansasmatters.com/fulltext?nxd_id=665982

STUTTGART, AR - No guns on campus is the decision for the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees.

The panel voted this morning at Phillips Community College in Stuttgart (photo below) to opt out of Act 226 and not allow faculty/staff to carry concealed handguns on campus.

The issue has been debated for months at universities across Arkansas.

So far, all of them have voted to opt out of concealed handguns in classrooms and will keep the security in the hands of those wearing a badge.

Update (11:15 a.m.):
JONESBORO, AR - Arkansas State University's board has voted this morning to opt out of a measure that would have allowed concealed guns on campus.
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No Guns on Campus at University of Arkansas, Board Votes (Original Post) sinkingfeeling May 2013 OP
Wow! Jonesboro is a big deal. BlueToTheBone May 2013 #1
If you think that's the heart of gun country, Art_from_Ark May 2013 #12
Let the whining begin. TheCowsCameHome May 2013 #2
Who would be whining? LTTE show a 2-1 margin in agreement and want Hestia May 2013 #4
You obviously don't visit the Gungeon TheCowsCameHome May 2013 #10
Sanity prevails. n/t AndyA May 2013 #3
Is it possible that there is a slight outbreak of sanity in Arkansas? BlueMTexpat May 2013 #5
No, it's just that the GOP hasn't realized they need to focus on college sinkingfeeling May 2013 #7
And thank heavens for that! :) BlueMTexpat May 2013 #11
! Good news. Catches on.... great news. toby jo May 2013 #6
I teach at a Community College perdita9 May 2013 #8
I'm at the U of A and told our Staff Senate the very same thing. sinkingfeeling May 2013 #9
Yup, sometimes a combination of "off" student and gun can have tragic results Art_from_Ark May 2013 #13

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
12. If you think that's the heart of gun country,
Fri May 24, 2013, 11:59 PM
May 2013

you should visit Springdale. Or points south, east, and west of Fayetteville.

 

Hestia

(3,818 posts)
4. Who would be whining? LTTE show a 2-1 margin in agreement and want
Fri May 24, 2013, 08:16 AM
May 2013

background checks. Our past moderate leadership in this state were term limited out but that doesn't mean the rest of the state have lost their minds or spines. Remember, it's only the loonies who are quoted and are on tv - moderates not so much.

BlueMTexpat

(15,498 posts)
5. Is it possible that there is a slight outbreak of sanity in Arkansas?
Fri May 24, 2013, 09:09 AM
May 2013

I sincerely hope so. Good for the Board!

sinkingfeeling

(53,025 posts)
7. No, it's just that the GOP hasn't realized they need to focus on college
Fri May 24, 2013, 09:17 AM
May 2013

boards of trustees yet. They were able to take over the state House and Senate last fall and then pass all of ALEC's and the NRA's craziness, but they overlooked the fact that there are still sane people on school boards.

perdita9

(1,174 posts)
8. I teach at a Community College
Fri May 24, 2013, 09:33 AM
May 2013

If they ever make it legal to bring guns onto the campus, I will quit. I've had too many mentally "off" students over the years. I don't need someone with a gun coming into my office to dispute a grade.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
13. Yup, sometimes a combination of "off" student and gun can have tragic results
Sat May 25, 2013, 12:23 AM
May 2013

as happened in the case of the late professor John Locke.

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-228544.html

I had a seminar class with him once. He seemed like a pretty decent guy.

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