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COLLEGE CAMPUSES? THAT'S BEEN AN
SHOOTINGS AT
VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY.
NEARLY FIVE YEARS LATER, SOME
STATES ARE CONSIDERING
LEGISLATION ABOUT PERMITTING
GUNS ON CAMPUSES.
NEWS 10'S PATSY KELLY WAS AT
INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY.. TO
FIND OUT WHAT OFFICIALS AND
STUDENTS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE
" INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY DOES
NOT ALLOW STUDENTS TO
CARRY GUNS ON CAMPUS. ISU
POLICE CHIEF BILL MERCIER
SAYS ALLOWING STUDENTS TO CARRY
ON CAMPUS IS NOT
NECESSARILY A SOLUTION. HE
BELIEVES THE SHOOTERS IN
RECENT CAMPUS ATTACKS ARE
LOOKING FOR TWO THINGS .. CAUSE
AS MUCH DAMAGE AS THEY CAN.. AND
TO GET SOMEONE TO
ASSIST IN THEIR OWN SUICIDE. "SO
HAVING SOMEONE WITH A GUN ON
CAMPUS, ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WITH A
GUN ON CAMPUS
ISN'T GOING TO DETER THIS
PERSON." "AND IF THESE PEOPLE
CAN CAUSE INADVERTENTLY MORE
PEOPLE STRUCK BY GUNFIRE IN THE
CONFUSION BY HAVING
POLICE PLUS OTHER PEOPLE HAVING
GUNS ON CAMPUS, ALL TO
THE GOOD FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT
ARE LOOKING TO CAUSE MAXIMUM
AMOUNT OF DAMAGE ON CAMPUS."
THE SECOND AMENDMENT, THE RIGHT
TO BEAR ARMS, IS
REGULATED BY TIME AND PLACE.
ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE THE
REGULATION OF GUNS ON CAMPUS,
THIS IS MUCH THE SAME,
REGULATION OF TIME AND PLACE. IT
DOESN'T NECESSARILY SAY
PEOPLE CAN'T HAVE GUNS PERIOD.
BUT AS TO TIME AND IN
THIS SITUATION, PLACE, THAT'S
HERE. THOSE ARE THE FACTS, BUT
WHEN WE WALKED
AROUND CAMPUS, STUDENTS HAD
DIFFERING OPINIONS ABOUT
CARRYING GUNS ON CAMPUS. I'M
DEFINITELY FOR THAT. I FEEL LIKE
TO MAKE EVERYBODY SAFE YOU HAVE
TO CREATE RULES
LIKE THAT. SOME PEOPLE DO IT FOR
THE WRONG REASONS, SOME
PEOPLE DON'T. BUT IT'S STILL A
SAFETY PROCAUTION
THAT I THINK IS GOOD. WELL,
OBVIOUSLY I THINK IT'S A
VIOLATION OF OUR SECOND
AMENDMENT. BUT PEOPLE CAN SAY,
WELL, IT'S MORE DANGEROUS TO
CARRY A GUN ON CAMPUS BUT I
THINK WE CAN PROTECT OURSELVES
MORE. ULTIMATELY, BOTH SIDES OF
THE GUN DEBATE ARE LOOKING OUT
FOR THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS. IN
TERRE HAUTE WITH CHIEF
PHOTOJOURNALIST MIKE LATTA,
PATSY KELLY, NEWS 10. "
TO SEE THE EXTENDED INTERVIEW
WITH CHIEF MERCIER,
HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE W-T-H-I- T-V
DOT COM.