The campus concealed carry law that goes into effect on July 1, 2017.

Campus Reform reports.

66% of Kansas faculty say allowing guns in classrooms limits ‘freedom to teach’

A new survey of seven Kansas public universities released yesterday by the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hayes State University (FHSU) finds the respondents strongly oppose new campus concealed carry law that goes into effect on July 1, 2017.

The new law would allow for concealed weapons to be carried anywhere on campus.

Seventy percent of those surveyed said they would prefer to see the new law changed. Eighty-two percent they would feel less safe if students were allowed to carry concealed handguns on campus.

The new gun law passed in 2012 by the Kansas Legislature with the Personal and Family Protection Act, but universities and some public locations were given a temporary exemption which is set to expire in 2017.

With the exemption soon coming to an end, the The Regents Council of Faculty Senate Presidents commissioned the Docking Institute to survey the opinions and policy preferences of staff and faculty throughout seven Kansas universities.