AZ Lawmaker: Faculty, Students Should Carry Guns On Campus

Saying everyone but criminals will be safer, a veteran legislator wants to let qualified faculty carry guns on university and community college campuses.

Sen. Jack Harper, R-Surprise, said Wednesday there has been a history of situations where someone with a grudge comes onto a campus, goes into a classroom and starts shooting. He said the current prohibition against weapons on campus – one which the criminal has ignored – leaves the teacher and student defenseless.

But Harper isn’t stopping with arming the faculty. He is crafting a separate measure to allow students with certain training to also arm themselves.

Not everyone would be eligible. Harper’s legislation would limit the right to those who have obtained a state-issued permit to carry a concealed weapon.-[source]