The signing comes two weeks after a gunman shot and killed three students and injured five others at Michigan State University.
The presidents of West Virginia’s largest institutions of higher learning urged lawmakers to reconsider as the bill moved through the Legislature. They said decisions about whether or not to allow guns on campus should be left to the institutions, and voiced concerns about students struggling with mental health challenges.
“Today we must come together to focus clearly on what is most important to all of us — keeping our students, faculty, staff, visitors and community members safe while on our campuses,” Gee said in a statement. “That has always been, and will remain, our utmost priority.”
Making it okay for a bunch of drunk teenagers to carry guns this won't end well
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jesushchrist!
As democracy slowly morphs into a footnote in history.