I'm not sure how many of you are college students, or have children going go one of the public colleges in oregon...But being a pretty new gun owner, this pisses me off.
Oregon law allows licensed concealed carry on all public places, this includes school grounds and government buildings(with the exception of "court facilities").
However, a lot of those places (illegally)restrict concealed carry. I'm going to focus on college campuses for the purpose of this post.
Here's what portland state(my college) has to say about concealed carry:
On Friday, March 3, 2012, the Oregon Board of Higher Education approved a new policy on firearms for the Oregon University System, including Portland State University. The new policy took effect immediately. It forbids students, employees, individuals with a business interest with the campus (such as vendors and contractors), event attendees, those who rent or lease University property, and campus visitors from carrying a firearm on University owned or controlled property. Such property includes all PSU campus buildings, sports or performance venues, and workplaces. The prohibition is effective whether or not an individual holds a concealed handgun license. The policy provides several exceptions to the firearms prohibition, including for on-duty law enforcement officers and public safety personnel and military program participants.
Individuals found in violation of the policy may face disciplinary action through means specific to their relationship with the University. Students will be held accountable under the student conduct code, and employees under PSU's employment policies and collective bargaining agreements. Contractors, vendors, event attendees, those who rent or lease University property, and other visitors to PSU will be subject to exclusion from campus.
Now, this pisses me off for a few reasons....As many of you know, Portland state University is in the middle of the downtown area of Portland, not exactly the best neighborhood but it could be worse. This being portland, a lot of students take trimet to get too and from class every day, often times having to go through even worse parts of town.
and this is why, I, personally, opt not to take night classes...I don't trust waiting at pioneer square for the max at 10PM without my carry, I just don't, call me paranoid but better safe than sorry, right?
The kicker is, just recently, PSU opted to have armed police on campus for security reasons. So...the school knows there's enough of a security risk on campus to have armed police on school grounds, but they don't see fit to let students have concealed firearms to defend themselves, nor do they take into account people getting too and from campus?
This whole thing just....pisses me the **** off and makes no sense to me.
What can we do to get our rights back in this case? Honestly, I'm a little frightened of speaking out in favor of concealed carry on campus after what happened to the political science major at kalamazoo college
it might be a little outdated, I'm not sure. But you can find a few other places that illegally restrict concealed carry here: PROHIBITED PLACES | Oregon Firearms Federation
Oregon law allows licensed concealed carry on all public places, this includes school grounds and government buildings(with the exception of "court facilities").
However, a lot of those places (illegally)restrict concealed carry. I'm going to focus on college campuses for the purpose of this post.
Here's what portland state(my college) has to say about concealed carry:
On Friday, March 3, 2012, the Oregon Board of Higher Education approved a new policy on firearms for the Oregon University System, including Portland State University. The new policy took effect immediately. It forbids students, employees, individuals with a business interest with the campus (such as vendors and contractors), event attendees, those who rent or lease University property, and campus visitors from carrying a firearm on University owned or controlled property. Such property includes all PSU campus buildings, sports or performance venues, and workplaces. The prohibition is effective whether or not an individual holds a concealed handgun license. The policy provides several exceptions to the firearms prohibition, including for on-duty law enforcement officers and public safety personnel and military program participants.
Individuals found in violation of the policy may face disciplinary action through means specific to their relationship with the University. Students will be held accountable under the student conduct code, and employees under PSU's employment policies and collective bargaining agreements. Contractors, vendors, event attendees, those who rent or lease University property, and other visitors to PSU will be subject to exclusion from campus.
Now, this pisses me off for a few reasons....As many of you know, Portland state University is in the middle of the downtown area of Portland, not exactly the best neighborhood but it could be worse. This being portland, a lot of students take trimet to get too and from class every day, often times having to go through even worse parts of town.
and this is why, I, personally, opt not to take night classes...I don't trust waiting at pioneer square for the max at 10PM without my carry, I just don't, call me paranoid but better safe than sorry, right?
The kicker is, just recently, PSU opted to have armed police on campus for security reasons. So...the school knows there's enough of a security risk on campus to have armed police on school grounds, but they don't see fit to let students have concealed firearms to defend themselves, nor do they take into account people getting too and from campus?
This whole thing just....pisses me the **** off and makes no sense to me.
What can we do to get our rights back in this case? Honestly, I'm a little frightened of speaking out in favor of concealed carry on campus after what happened to the political science major at kalamazoo college
it might be a little outdated, I'm not sure. But you can find a few other places that illegally restrict concealed carry here: PROHIBITED PLACES | Oregon Firearms Federation