GUNSENSE: Arkansas Campus Carry Bill

Arkansas House Bill 1077 would allow faculty and staff to carry concealed weapons on college campuses.


From our colleagues at Arkansans Against Guns on Campus:

"We need all hands on deck. HB 1077, to permit faculty and staff to carry concealed weapons on college campuses, is being heard in the House Education Committee this week (tomorrow and Thursday). We need your voices loud and clear to members of the House Education Committee. Please contact them. This is the last chance you will have to keep Arkansas' colleges safe from guns. Please be respectful in tone and ask they to vote against HB 1077 because it will not make college campuses safer in Arkansas.

In the last two states to approve this law, the immediate effect was to INCREASE the number of campus shootings.

Idaho approved this law in 2014 and it was immediately followed by a shooting at Idaho State University in September 2014. A professor shot himself in the foot with his concealed handgun in a classroom with 19 students.

Colorado approved this law in 2012 and it was immediately followed by a shooting at the University of Colorado Dental School. A staff person shot herself and a coworker with her concealed handgun in an office with other coworkers.

Email these representatives on the Education Committee tonight, if possible! Thank you all for you support!"

--Arkansans Against Guns on Campus, via facebook

Representative Bruce Cozart
bruce.cozart@arkansashouse.org

Representative Sheilla E. Lampkin Sheilla.Lampkin@arkansashouse.org

Representative Charles L. Armstrong
ffa191@sbcglobal.net

Representative Scott Baltz
scottbaltz@yahoo.com

Representative Nate Bell
nate.bell@arkansashouse.org

Representative Gary Deffenbaugh
Gary.Deffenbaugh@arkansashouse.org

Representative Charlotte V. Douglas
charlotte.douglas@arkansashouse.org

Representative Jon S. Eubanks
Jon.Eubanks@arkansashouse.org

Representative Jeremy Gillam
jeremy@growing45.com

Representative Bill Gossage
bill@billgossage.com

Representative Michael John Gray
michael.gray@arkansashouse.org

Representative Justin T. Harris
Justin.Harris@arkansashouse.org

Representative Grant Hodges
grant.hodges@arkansashouse.org

Representative Greg Leding
greg.leding@arkansashouse.org

Representative Mark Lowery
markdlowery@mac.com

Representative Mark D. McElroy
mdmcelroy1@yahoo.com

Representative Reginald Murdock
rkm_72360@yahoo.com

Representative James Ratliff
jamesratliff3468@gmail.com

Representative Warwick Sabin
wsabin@wsabin.org

Representative John W. Walker
johnwalkeratty@aol.com