Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill allowing people with concealed carry permits to take firearms onto public college and university campuses.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill Wednesday allowing people with concealed carry permits to take firearms onto public college and university campuses.
"For crying out loud, the doors are wide open," he said."This is just saying the law-abiding people have a right to be able to carry if they choose to do so. We just hope and pray that there's never a problem. We can't ensure in any way that there won't be a problem." The presidents of West Virginia's largest institutions of higher learning urged lawmakers to reconsider as the bill moved through the Legislature. They said decisions about whether or not to allow guns on campus should be left to the institutions, and voiced concerns about students struggling with mental health challenges.
"Today we must come together to focus clearly on what is most important to all of us — keeping our students, faculty, staff, visitors and community members safe while on our campuses," Gee said in a statement."That has always been, and will remain, our utmost priority."
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