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Republished Courtesy of Inside Nova.
Published: February 28, 2008 RICHMOND ? Del. Robert G. ?Bob? Marshall, R-13th District, and Del. Todd Gilbert, R-15th District, will hold a press conference at 10:30 a.m. Monday to discuss their failed bills that would have allowed faculty, staff and students to carry concealed handguns on campus with a valid Virginia Concealed Carry Permit. Members of the Students for Concealed Carry on Campus will join them in the House Briefing Room of the General Assembly Building. Both HB 424, sponsored by Marshall, and Gilbert?s HB 1371 were left in committee effectively killing them for the 2008 session. However, Marshall has repeatedly tried to introduce amendments to both the Budget and Senate legislation dealing with campus safety only to be stymied on the floor, he said today in a news release. ?Several professors have come to me asking me to give them the tools to protect their students. Potential killers need to know that Virginia?s Colleges and Universities are not ?gun free zones? where no one will be able to stop them from killing as many people as they can, Marshall wrote in the release. He credited campus police with doing an excellent job but said there are not enough police to be in every place at every time. ?If there is a professor or student with a concealed weapon who can stop a killer until the police arrive that can mean the difference in lives saved or lost on our campuses,? Marshall wrote. Marshall says he wants the House leadership to reconsider the bills this year in the wake of further shootings around the country and the lockdown this week at Ferrum College in southern Virginia. |
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