"Bill Could Allow College Faculty to Carry Concealed Guns on Campus"

I met Rep. Murphy back at the first Students for Concealed Carry Conference a couple of years ago. It is hard to see what can be the argument against faculty carry concealed handguns.

The scare of a possible gunman at Oklahoma City Community College Friday is shedding light on one Oklahoma lawmaker's bill.

Representative Jason Murphy from Guthrie wants to allow faculty and those who are CLEET certified to be able to carry concealed guns on college campuses.

Representative Murphy said by allowing teachers who are trained to carry concealed guns, it could put enough doubt in someone's mind who may want to come to a campus like OCCC to do harm.

Murphy also said should the incident that happened at OCCC on Friday been real, than a teacher with a gun could have been the one deterrent to keep students safe.

"If there is a teacher there who has a carry concealed license and is able to defend themselves and others on the campus than the element of doubt is put in the criminals mind and so they don't want to run across that teacher who can defend themselves," Representative Murphy. . . .