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Concealed-weapons suit
creates logistics questions
Concealed Handgun License
holder Brian Stubbs’ lawsuit
has divided campus opinion
and brings up safety issues
By Lisa Catto
News Reporter
A University graduate student
and Concealed Handgun License
holder recently sued the Oregon
University System for forbidding
him to carry his gun on campus.
A trial date has not been set, but
Brian Stubbs' lawsuit has stirred
controversy in the community, and
students and faculty are divided
over whether guns should be al
lowed on campus.
Some students argue that carrying a
weapon on public ground is constitu
tionally protected, while others say it
would make the campus unsafe.
In a random survey of 100 Uni
versity students, 31 percent said they
thought OUS doesn't have the right
to prevent someone with a CHL
from carrying a gun on campus, 52
percent said CHL holders should
not be allowed to bring their guns
to campus, and 17 percent said they
were undecided.
University pre-journalism major
Sheldon Traver received his CHL al
most two years ago and believes
that CHL holders have the right to
carry their weapons on campus.
"We should be allowed to carry
on campus as long as you have gone
through the training and you've got
the license," he said.
He added that even if OUS al
lowed concealed handguns, he
probably wouldn't carry a gun on
campus because it is an attention
grabber. However, he said he would
carry it in public places like down
town Portland, and he is aware of
his rights and responsibilities in
case he's put in a situation where he
needs to pull out his weapon.
Traver said society would proba
bly be safer if more people carried
weapons because it would act as a
deterrent to criminals.
"If you're a criminal and you know
that one in six people are carrying,
you're more likely to think first about
what you're doing," he said.
He also argued that Department
of Public Safety officers should be
allowed to carry weapons if they are
properly trained.
"They are put in situations just as
(the Eugene Police Department) is,
where they might have to use some
The Emerald asked 100 random students if Concealed Handgun
License holders should be allowed to bring weapons on campus.
Kim Premore Design Editor
measure of force to keep people
from doing what they were doing,"
he said.
Hanna Budan, a pre-computer
and information science major, dis
agreed with Traver about students
There would be
too much power when
only one group is allowed
to carry guns or have
weapons. I would feel
more comfortable if DPS,
who is hired and trained
by the University,
had guns."
/ Hanna Budan
University student
carrying weapons, although she
does think that DPS officers should
be equipped with guns.
"There can be too much power
when only one group is allowed to
carry guns or have weapons," she said.
"I would feel more comfortable if
DPS, who is hired and trained by the
University, had guns."
Budan added that she doesn't
have a problem with people having
the CHL, she just doesn't think guns
should be on campus.
"I personally don't really feel safe
with a whole bunch of college kids
carrying guns around," she said.
"Even if they are trained to use them."
Budan said she would rather have
guns in the residence halls than in
KALI'S
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said she left a message with a case
agent at the Portland NLRB and has
yet to receive a response. The staff met
Saturday to work on documents the
board has requested and to figure out
their next course of action, RiversHai
ley said. In the meantime, the former
employees said they want their sup
porters to refrain from acts of
vandalism on the book store or the
building.
"We appreciate your support and
are requesting that folks not harm
the building because the building
managers have been very support
ive/sympathetic of our struggle,"
RiversHailey said.
Supporters can e-mail the former
staff at mokalsgurlz@hotmail.com.
Contact the business/
science/technology reporter
at caronalarab@dailyemerald.coni.
classrooms if guns were allowed on
campus because the residence halls
are more like a private home.
Economics major Chris Looney
disagreed. He thinks concealed
handguns should not be allowed in
the residence halls but should be al
lowed on campus.
"I think the problem with the resi
dence halls would be the fact that the
gun is not necessarily in your control
the whole time," he said. "So there are
a lot of variables there."
Looney added that he would feel
safe if a CHL holder with a gun was
sitting across from him in class be
cause he or she is most likely a re
sponsible citizen.
"Guns in the hands of law-abid
ing citizens are not dangerous," he
said, adding that he is not opposed
to DPS carrying guns.
Sociology Professor Chuck Hunt,
a recreational gun-maker and casual
opponent of gun control, disagreed,
saying DPS does not need to have
guns. He added that allowing con
cealed weapons on campus is one
of the worst ideas he has heard, but
he proposed that handguns be kept
in a storage unit while students are
on campus or living in the resi
dence halls.
"The idea of having concealed
weapons in a 500-person classroom
is absolutely ridiculous to me,"
Hunt said. "I would be very reluc
tant to teach under those kind of
circumstances."
Contact the crime/health/
safety reporter
at lisacatto@dailyemerald.com.
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Tuesday
University Libraries Reading and Discussion fea
turing a presentation by essayist, poet and Uni
versity alumnus Kim Stafford entitled “Poetry
and the Life of the Seeker William Stafford on
Peace and War,” Browsing Room, Knight Li
brary, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Community Conversations featuring a discus
sion by University faculty and community lead
ers on “Astrobiology: Life in Space,” Dunn Hall
Lounge, Hamilton Complex, 7:30 p.m.
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