The College Democrats of Florida are using the memory of the Parkland shooting to oppose this.
The College Fix reports:
Florida lawmaker wants to allow concealed carry on campus, citing recent violent protestsA Florida bill being considered this week in the state Senate would allow college students to carry guns on campus, something the lead sponsor said is important after the violent anti-Israel protests across the country.State Sen. Randy Fine, R-Melbourne, introduced the bill to “extend concealed carry rights to college and university campuses,” according to a news release.“The Second Amendment does not take the semester off when you step on a college campus,” he stated in a recent X post.“Adults should have the right to protect themselves on campus, particularly after so many universities across America chose to protect Muslim terror advocates over their own students,” the Republican lawmaker stated, referring to the sometimes violent anti-Israel protests that have taken place on college campuses over the past two years.“There is no magic force field that keeps criminals from carrying a gun onto campus; this bill will ensure that students have the same rights on campus as they do off,” he said. Fine’s office said he was not available for comment when contacted by The Fix.If passed, Senate Bill 814 would allow adults to “carry a firearm on the property of any college or university, including, but not limited to, any dormitory or residence hall owned or operated by a college or university, and in any other location he or she is legally authorized to do so.”Under the bill, higher education institutions could ask the state for permission to designate specific areas as “a sensitive location in which the possession of a concealed weapon or a concealed firearm is prohibited” during athletic events.The Senate Criminal Justice Committee is scheduled to consider the bill Tuesday, according to the Florida Senate website.However, the legislation is facing criticism from some college Democrats.Contacted about the bill via social media, the University of Florida College Democrats told The Fix the club is “strongly against the bill.”“[We] feel it is an insult to the memory of the victims of the Parkland shooting to actively make schools more unsafe for students when it comes to guns,” the UF College Democrats stated.
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