What would you think about a state legislature that approves concealed carry for college faculty and staff but not for students?

That’s what just happened in Arkansas.

Scott Greer of Campus Reform reports.

Arkansas House votes to allow concealed carry on campus for teachers and faculty, but not students

The Arkansas House of Representatives overwhelmingly cleared legislation last Friday that would allow licensed administrators and faculty to carry concealed weapons on college campuses, while preventing licensed students from doing the same.

HB 1243 passed the House 70-11, now moves to the Republican-controlled Senate where it will likely gain approval. Democratic Governor Mike Beebe has also indicated he would sign the legislation.

While the bill gives the governing board of private and public institutions of higher learning discretion to permit faculty and staff to conceal carry, it specifically excludes students.

According to the bill, those “enrolled as a full-time student at the university, college, or community college,” are excluded. Larry Pratt, president of pro-gun group Gun Owners of America, told Campus Reform that while the bill is a step in the right direction, it is inadequate in that it excludes students.

“It’s a great improvement, but it’s still inadequate because if you can trust somebody anywhere else in that college town to have a concealed carry firearm but somehow they’re somehow going to go goofy when they cross the street on to the campus?” he said.