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Article: More guns, safer campus? A year after the Virginia Tech massacre, one Minnesota legislator thinks armed students would be safer, while critics call for tighter regulation.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- April 17, 2008
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Byline: PAT DOYLE; STAFF WRITER
A year after a deranged gunman killed 32 students and faculty at Virginia Tech, a debate over thwarting future attacks continues in Minnesota, where a legislator advocates allowing students to carry concealed weapons for protection on campus.
The proposal by Rep. Tony Cornish, R-Good Thunder, faces an uphill climb but reflects a national movement among gun advocates and some students to overturn prohibitions on students carrying weapons at college.
Contradicting the prevailing view and policies of Minnesota universities, the gun supporters argue that trained, armed students would prevent or minimize violence on campus.
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