Top NC lawmaker questions effectiveness of gun-free zones
MINOR INJURIES.
>> AFTER THE SECOND GUN
INCIDENT ON UNC CAMPUS IN LESS
THAN 3 WEEKS. STUDENTS THERE
ARE CALLING FOR TIGHTER GUN
LAWS IN NORTH CAROLINA. BUT
WRAL, CAPITOL BUREAU CHIEF
LAURA LESLIE REPORTS ONE OF
THE STATE'S TOP REPUBLICAN SAID
TODAY THE ANSWER MAY BE MORE
GUNS ON CAMPUS. NOT YOUR AFTER
THE ON CAMPUS SHOOTING OF A
PROFESSOR, UNC CHAPEL HILL
STUDENTS CAME TO RALEIGH
TUESDAY TO CALL ON LAWMAKERS
TO PASS STRICTER GUN LAWS.
REPUBLICAN LEADERS DISMISS THEM
THE VERY NEXT DAY. REPORTS OF
A GUN-WIELDING MAN IN THE
STUDENT UNION PROMPTED ANOTHER
LOCKDOWN. THE SECOND DID LESS
THAN 3 WEEKS AND MORE CALLS
FOR GUN LAW REFORM. REPUBLICAN
HOUSE SPEAKER TIM MOORE SAYS
HE'D BE MORE LIKELY TO LOOSEN
GUN LAWS THAT TIGHTEN THEM.
HE SAID HE'D BE WILLING TO
CONSIDER LETTING STUDENTS CARRY
FIREARMS. SO A NUMBER OF
STUDENTS WHO SAID WHY DO THEY
HAVE TO
BE UNARMED?
>> WHEN THEY'RE MAYBE WHEN WHEN
THERE'S CLEARLY A WAY THAT BAD
GUYS CAN GET ON THE SO, YOU
KNOW, IT'S IT'S A GUN-FREE ZONE
AND THAT CLEARLY IS NOT
WORKING.
>> HIS DEMOCRATIC COUNTERPART,
HOUSE MINORITY LEADER ROBERT
REEVES WAS OPENLY INCREDULOUS.
SO THAT'S WHAT HE'S BEEN
HEARING FROM STUDENTS IS THEY
WANT MORE GUNS ON CAMPUS SO
THAT MORE STUDENTS AT FRAT
HOUSES AND THAT DRINKING
ALCOHOL AND THINGS OF THAT SORT
OF MORGAN ACCESS AND THAT WILL
MAKE CAMPUSES SAFER. THAT WAS
HIS PROPOSAL.
IT'S UP TO THE STATES TO DECIDE
WHETHER STUDENTS CAN CARRY GUNS
ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
>> MOST STATES EITHER DON'T
ALLOW IT OR LET INDIVIDUAL
SCHOOLS DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES.
MOORE HAS A SON WHO'S CURRENTLY
A STUDENT AT UNC CHAPEL HILL.
SO HE SAYS IT'S A PERSONAL
ISSUE FOR HIM. YOU'RE NOT JUST
GOING TO SNAP YOUR FINGERS AND
GET RID OF GUNS. THAT'S NOT
REALITY. CRIMINALS ARE GOING
TO HAVE GUNS.
>> AND THE BEST THE BEST TO
TURN AGAINST A CRIMINAL WITH
A GUN. HE'S A GOOD GUY WITH
A GUN. LAURA LESLIE, WRAL,
NEWS, RALEIGH.
>> THEY'RE ALSO ASKED
REPUBLICAN SENATE LEADER PHIL
BERGER ABOUT THE IDEA OF
ALLOWING STUDENTS TO CARRY GUNS
ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES. HE SAID