ASG Senate Resolution No. 35- Teacher Concealed Carry

7/29/2019 ASG Senate Resolution No. 35- Teacher Concealed Carry

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Associated Student Government1University of Arkansas2

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ASG Senate Resolution No. 354Author: RIC Senator Joe Youngblood5Sponsors: Senator Shaelyn Vinson, Senator Amy West, Senator Cathryn Fleener6

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A Resolution of Support for Teacher and Faculty Concealed Carry89

Whereas, The University of Arkansas is a gun-free zone as mandated by state10law and university policy; and11

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Whereas, Since 1950, every mass shooting of innocent citizens in the United13

States of America, with a single exception, has occurred in14

inappropriately labeled gun-free zones (1); and15

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Whereas, Current events and recent history provide incontrovertible evidence17

that designating an area gun-free does not deter an individual18

with the intent to commit criminal activity from illegally carrying a19

firearm onto campus; and20

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Whereas, Current policies against the lawful carry of concealed weapons on22campus constitute a governmental and university guarantee that23any potential victims are unarmed and that criminals may prey24upon the student body, faculty, staff and guests at will and25completely unopposed; and26

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Whereas, Professors and staff of the University of Arkansas, who teach, study,28work, and live on campus on a daily basis, are forced to be unarmed29

and defenseless under current university policy; and30

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Whereas, The college and city police departments are by necessity and their32very nature reactive, not proactive entities and cannot effectively33safeguard all within the university at all times as proven by the34numerous crimes that occur on and around campus every semester;35and36

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Whereas, The University of Arkansas written policy seeks disciplinary action38

against students, faculty, and staff who attempt to exercise their39

otherwise statewide license to carry concealed weapons lawfully in40

accordance with existing laws; and41

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Whereas, Over 200 Campuses in the United States, in 6 states, allow43

concealed carry on campus and have yet to experience a single44

resultant loss of life, injury from a lawfully carried firearm, criminal45


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misuse of a legal firearm, or suicide by legally carried firearm46

despite hundreds of consecutive semesters of allowing concealed47

carry(3); and48

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Whereas, As per Arkansas Code 5-73-301, Arkansas' concealed handgun50

license holders undergo an extensive screening process, including:51

State and Federal background checks for both criminal and52

psychiatric records, attending an 8+ hour training course dealing53

with topics such as conflict resolution and handgun safety; passing54

an exam on the course material, passing a firearm qualification test55

administered by a state licensed training instructor, demonstrating56

proficiency with their weapon at, and being over twenty-one years57

of age, among many other requirements; and58

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Whereas, Because of such standards, concealed handgun license holders are60some of the most law-abiding people in the country, with a study of61licenses issued by the State of Florida finding that concealed62carriers are 300 times less likely to commit a crime involving a63firearm than the general population (4); and64

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Whereas, A strong correlation between the passage of concealed carry laws66

and a resultant decline of criminal offenses such as rape, robbery,67

burglary, and murder has been well documented. These studies68

have found that persons who defend themselves with a firearm are69

less likely to be attacked or to suffer an injury than those who used70

any other methods of self-protection or those who did not resist at71

all(5); and72

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Whereas, The average number of fatalities in a mass shooting stopped by74police is over 14 persons, but only 2.3 when stopped by a lawful75concealed carrier (6) ;and76

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Whereas, In a recent attempted mass shooting at a mall in Clackamas,78

Oregon, a lawful concealed carrier drew his firearm on the shooter79

and stopped the rampage without firing a single shot(7); and80

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Whereas, Recent simulations by a former Department of Homeland Security82Risk Analyst and a national level firearms training institute83

revealed that, in the event of a school shooting, concealed carriers84

in a locked down classroom were 100% effective in denying an85

active shooter entry to the room, but similarly locked down86

classrooms without a lawful carrier inside were breached at will by87

the suspect(8); and88

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3: Burnett, David. "SCC's Response."Students for Concealed Carry. Students for134Concealed Carry, 13 Nov 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2013.135

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