Talk:Campus carry in the United States

Adding a section to the main article
I am wanting to add a history section to the article. This section would explain the history of campus carry laws and contain some historical legislative actions and major events that have led to the current laws and debate there is today. I believe that this section would help the reader understand why there are in place the laws we have today, and give information as to why there is a debate over campus carry.Punkin2015 (talk) 02:29, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Be my guest! Terrorist96 (talk) 04:48, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Adding Kansas section
I am wanting to add a short section about Kansas to address what "adequate security measures" means. Does anyone have any objections or impute?Punkin2015 (talk) 21:18, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
 * You could add it to the Notes section in the table. I don't see a dedicated section to just that would be very long. Adequate security measures just means metal detectors/guards, etc.Terrorist96 (talk) 22:13, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Washington state Codes
The linked-to RCW governing the carrying of firearms on campus, applies to University of Washington only, while other state colleges have differing regulations that may be more flexible in regards to 'CPL' (Concealed Pistol License) holders.

The status of Washington State should be changed to 'Institutional'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.100.242.1 (talk) 01:45, 9 April 2018 (UTC)


 * I'll look into it.Terrorist96 (talk) 15:27, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Tasers (stun guns)
Could this be summarised too. It is clearly a part of US mainstream firearms policy (Caetano v Massachusetts) and seems to provide an alternative more palatable "arms race" in certain states and institutions in a move to protect human life in the event of (almost) any given very extreme mental derangement or detachment, rather than see students defenceless confronted with such a person with firearms.- Adam37 Talk  12:04, 12 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Sure. Can you find some sources?Terrorist96 (talk) 12:52, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

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New user on Wikipedia
New user to the page! Eager to make edits and contribute, any feedback or tips welcome! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Redskies34 (talk • contribs) 02:06, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Suggestion for the History section
I found a source that explains how the Second Amendment may be interpreted differently among people. Would it at all help to add a source that explains how people are swayed to either support or oppose campus carry based on their interpretation of the Second Amendment? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Redskies34 (talk • contribs) 02:18, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

Clarifying Indiana Campus Carry Notes
The Indiana notes section is currently vague and completely wrong. It says "May keep a gun in a locked car in parking lot.[15] This applies to grade school; unclear if it would apply to college parking lots." To be clear: this applies to only grade school/high school parking lots. http://iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/2018/ic/titles/035/#35-47-9

Almost every university in Indiana bans their staff and students from possessing firearms on their campuses. To be clear there are no criminal charges, but students face suspension or expulsion for even having a gun in their car in the parking lot. I know some of this because I was on a college discipline board and a good number of cases were from students leaving their carry gun in their parked car, the gun getting stolen, the student reporting it to the police, and the police reporting it to the university who suspend the student.

Purdue system bans students/staff from possessing weapons on property: https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/police/statistics-policies/weapons-policies.php IU system bans students/staff from possessing weapons on property: https://policies.iu.edu/policies/ps-03-firearms-weapons/index.html Ball State bans students/staff from possessing weapons on property : https://www.bsu.edu/about/administrativeoffices/student-conduct/policiesandprocedures/studentcode/appendixo Indiana State University as well: https://www.indstate.edu/sites/default/files/media/Documents/PDF/ogc-410%20Code%20%20Student%20Conduct.pdf This site claims there are no colleges in Indiana that allow campus carry, https://www.armedcampuses.org/indiana/

Therefore, I have edited the notes section to just delete all of the wrong and irrelevant info, and left it blank so people aren't mislead. I can't think of a good note to replace it besides listing all the colleges that ban students having firearms considering its hard to find a good source for which Indiana colleges ban guns.

--Floaterjr (talk) 09:58, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Colors on Chart
Could we make the colors more color blind friendly? Also, I feel like green vs red implies a bias. 2404:4408:87E2:9D00:189C:6DB0:D841:FEF5 (talk) 08:26, 27 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Well the colors are intentional. Typically red means “stop” or “prohibited” yellow means “proceed with caution” and green means “good to go”. I feel that the colors are appropriate, as at a glance you can tell which states allow campus carry without looking at the key. It also uses a similar color scheme to what has been widely accepted on the constitutional carry page. I can’t comment on the color blind issue though. Nukey18mon (talk) 00:06, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Lack of argument in favor in “Public Opinion” section
The article seems biased by not providing an argument in favor; one should be added. Nukey18mon (talk) 01:45, 9 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Ive added content to resolve this issue. Nukey18mon (talk) 00:02, 8 May 2023 (UTC)