On Thursday the Arkansas House voted to gut the state’s recently adopted campus carry legislation following requests by SEC and Sun Belt Conference commissioners.
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) signed campus carry into law on March 22, and on March 28, SEC Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey issued a statement asking for an exemption so that law-abiding students will not be armed for self-defense at NCAA sporting events in the state.
Arkansas state Representative Bob Ballinger (R-Berryville) is pushing an amendment to the recently passed campus carry law that could gut the obligation to allow campus carry in many on-campus activities and venues.
On March 22 Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) signed campus carry legislation into law. On March 23 USA Today Sports suggested a boycott of NCAA events in Arkansas may need to happen if students are going to be allowed to be armed for self-defense.
On March 22 Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) signed his state’s recently passed campus carry legislation into law.
Legislation allowing students with concealed carry permits to carry on college campuses passed the Arkansas House and Senate and is headed to Governor Asa Hutchinson’s (R) desk.
The governors of Texas and eight other states have taken aim at California’s restriction on concealed carry permit holders and urge that their citizens “should not be forced to check their gun rights at the [California] border.”
