KIRKSVILLE, MO -- Soon it might be legal for college kids to pack guns around campus. The Missouri House voted to lift a ban on carrying concealed weapons at state colleges Wednesday.
We talked with the Director of Public Safety at Truman State University, who doesn't think this will really affect the campus. He says it's hard to stop someone if they plan a shooting.
“These acts a lot of the time are planned out by the perpetrator. It doesn't necessarily, it's not just a campus, there's been shootings at churches, post offices, malls, so I think a determined person can pretty much kind of plan, do what they can to carry it out,” said Tom Johnson.
Johnson says it's too soon to tell what will really happen if the ban is lifted. The Missouri Senate still has to vote on the issue.
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