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(51,122 posts)The vast majority of students at 15 Midwestern colleges and universities do not want concealed handguns on their campuses, says a new study from Ball State University.
Student Perceptions and Practices Regarding Carrying Concealed Handguns on University Campuses found that 78 percent of students in the Midwest oppose allowing concealed handguns on campuses and would not obtain a permit to carry one, if it were made legal.
The study surveyed 1,649 undergraduate college students and was recently published in the Journal of American College Health.
Firearm morbidity and mortality are major public health problems that significantly impact our society, said study co-author Jagdish Khubchandani, a member of Ball States Global Health Institute and a community health education professor in the university's Department of Physiology and Health Science.
http://cms.bsu.edu/news/articles/2013/9/students-say-no-to-concealed-weapons-on-campus
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