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Poll Center: Guns on Campus?

WHENEVER WE POSE a Poll Center question about gun rights, the comments pour in. Today's question — "Should college students who have permits be allowed to carry guns on campus?" — is no different.

In the wake of this year's shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, some are asking whether having expanded rights to carry weapons would have prevented the tragedy. Virginia law currently dictates that individual colleges and universities are the ones that decide whether students can carry concealed weapons on campus. As the Associated Press recently reported, there's a new push to prevent colleges and universities from prohibiting students from arming themselves.

Others say such a plan is foolish. Chimes in Poll Center commenter Red Dog:

Oh sure, let hormonal and drunk college kids walk around packing heat. Great plan. That will certainly solve the problem of violence on campus.
What do you think? Vote on today's question (and leave your comments) here and see how your fellow commuters weighed in, station by station, line by line.

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