223: How to Keep Guns Off Campuses

Are you worried about the presence of firearms in college classrooms, dorms, libraries, and sporting events? You're not alone. For over fifteen years, the Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus has been working to push back against a concerning trend: the allowance and, in many cases, encouragement, of firearms on college campuses.

The Campaign is dedicated to educating, organizing, and promoting legislation to fight against the gun lobby's push to prohibit colleges and universities from regulating guns on campus.Are guns on college campuses a concern for you? On this episode, we talk to Andy Pelosi, co-founder of Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus, about how the trend has developed, what you can do to push back, and why it's essential to keep guns off campus. Tune in to learn more.

In this episode, Kelly and JJ speak with Andy Pelosi, the co-founder and executive director of the Campaign to Keep Guns off Campus, about how the trend of guns on campus has developed, what people can do to push back, and why it's essential to keep guns off campus even for those who aren't connected to higher education.

Further reading:
States Where Campus Carry Bills are Moving (Keep Guns Off Campus)
What to Know About Gun Policies on College Campuses (US News)
Lawmakers push to allow guns on US university campuses (Times Higher Education)
Should Guns Be Permitted on College Campuses? (New York Times)