The campus carry bill advancing through the Georgia Legislature has the backing of the gun lobby, the governor, the House and likely the Senate.
Does it have the support of Georgia students?
In this essay, student leaders at Georgia Tech say “no.”
The authors are Jen Abrams, Student Government Association, Undergraduate President, and Marc Canellas, Student Government Association, Graduate President.
To update where House bill 859 — campus carry — now stands: The state Senate is expected to vote on the bill soon. The Senate Judiciary Committee, after holding a three-hour hearing last week, took no public testimony Monday before a party-line 5-3 vote.