ATW: Florida bill proposes conceal carry on state college campuses, universities

By Neil McCabe | 11:59 PM | December 14, 2014

The WPTV news reports:

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Should people be allowed to carry concealed guns on Florida college campuses? At least one lawmaker thinks so. That push is getting mixed reactions from students at Florida Atlantic University.

In Florida you have to be 21 years of age or older to have a concealed carry permit.

“There has been an influx of more younger individuals applying to get their license,” said Chuck Papp, manager at Palm Beach Shooting Center.

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Neil W. McCabe is the editor of HE's "Guns & Patriots" e-letter and was a senior reporter at the Human Events newspaper. McCabe deployed with the Army Reserve to Iraq for 15 months as a combat historian. For many years, he was a reporter and photographer for "The Pilot," Boston's Catholic paper. He was also the editor of the free community papers "The Somerville (Mass.) News and "The Alewife (North Cambridge, Mass.)." Email him: [email protected] Follow him on Twitter: @neilwmccabe.