VCDL and VCDL member JMU professor in the news on college carry

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http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=14449&CHID=1

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[align=left]"Virginia's current law prohibits concealed-permit holders from carrying weapons into courthouses, churches, airports, bars and K-12 schools, but not colleges and universities. Colleges, however, are allowed to put policies of their own in place that would result in administrative, but not criminal, sanctions."[/align]
See also http://tinyurl.com/25rer8 (reporting that BRCC will keep its gun friendly policies for now), http://tinyurl.com/2br2re (discussing Gilbert and Cole bills), http://tinyurl.com/2gdtqt (reporting on Gilmore's press release against bill closing so-called gun show loophole)

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http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=14450&CHID=1

At the request of the chancellor, the community college system formed a campus security task force last year to review gun policies, said Susan Hayden, VCCS's director of public relations. Hayden said a report is due out next week.

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You can view one of these VCCS campus security task force meetings at the link below:
http://vaguninfo.com/videos/vccs.htm

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[align=left]At the recommendation of the team, JMU installed a new speaker system, upgraded mass e-mailing capabilities to allow officials to send out 20,000 e-mails in a few minutes, and implemented a new cell phone alert system to reach students, faculty and staff.[/align]

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I don't know about you guys, but this makes me feel MUCH better already!:uhoh:

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Me too EYES, thank goodness it's only gonna take a "Few Minutes" to notify everyone that a gunmen is loose on campus. That means the gunman is only gonna have a "Few Minutes" to kill people, not like the 2 hours Cho had at VT...

:banghead::banghead::banghead: