Gun debate to be heard on VU campus

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Should faculty members carry firearms on college campuses? That will be the topic of debate on Feb 9, 11:00 a.m. at Vincennes University’s Red Skelton Performing Arts Center.

The debate is being sponsored by VU’s Center for Research and Learning.

The Center has proposed this debate in the context of a spree of shootings that have occurred across the country. Currently most college campuses, including VU, have policies prohibiting any firearms on campus outside of campus police departments.

Taking the side that proposes firearms should be allowed are Lou Caprino, chair of VU’s Homeland Security program, and William Gollmitzer, professor of Law Enforcement at VU.

Opposing the proposition are Gary May, emeritus associate professor of Social Work at the University of Southern Indiana (USI), and Dr. Todd Schroer, chair of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at USI.

The debate will be live-streamed by WVUT-22. The event is free to the public.