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Florida Public Colleges Request $74 Million to ‘Beef Up’ Security in Expectation of Campus Carry

by AWR Hawkins Florida public colleges are requesting $74 million to “fortify” school grounds in expectation of state approval for a “campus carry” guns-rights law. The Bradenton Herald quotes Association of Florida Colleges executive director Michael Brawer saying that the possibility of campus carry has forced colleges to “recognize and offer alternatives–through this investment–to address the campus-security problem short of arming our students.” He said that lawmakers pushing campus carry “are largely in denial about the cost factor.” Opponents of campus carry used this same argument in Texas, where they suggested that implementing campus carry would be so expensive it would… View Article