Today is the last day for General Assembly committees to take action on bills, and two advocates of concealed carry on campus are pressing for leaders in the House of Delegates to take another look at their campus concealed carry bills.
Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Woodstock, and Del. Bob Marshall, R-Manassas, told the capitol press corps this morning that students and professors who legally have the right to carry a concealed firearm in most places in the commonwealth — including the General Assembly building — are being illegally disarmed by university administrators.
Both legislators introduced bills earlier this session that were killed without a hearing.
Marshall's bill, House Bill 424, would have allowed full-time faculty members with permits to carry on campus without fear of reprisal, while Gilbert's bill, House Bill 1371, would have clarified that public institutions like colleges can't supersede state law and prevent permit holders from carrying in public places otherwise allowed by the General Assembly.
While Republican House Speaker Bill Howell could revive the bills, as Gilbert notes in the video below, the odds are against it.
We'll have more on this story in tomorrow's Northern Virginia Daily.
Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Woodstock, and Del. Bob Marshall, R-Manassas, told the capitol press corps this morning that students and professors who legally have the right to carry a concealed firearm in most places in the commonwealth — including the General Assembly building — are being illegally disarmed by university administrators.
Both legislators introduced bills earlier this session that were killed without a hearing.
Marshall's bill, House Bill 424, would have allowed full-time faculty members with permits to carry on campus without fear of reprisal, while Gilbert's bill, House Bill 1371, would have clarified that public institutions like colleges can't supersede state law and prevent permit holders from carrying in public places otherwise allowed by the General Assembly.
While Republican House Speaker Bill Howell could revive the bills, as Gilbert notes in the video below, the odds are against it.
We'll have more on this story in tomorrow's Northern Virginia Daily.
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