Two years ago, Georgia’s Republican governor, Nathan Deal, signed a law allowing licensed gun owners to carry their weapons into churches, schools, bars, and some government buildings. But when a bill that would allow people to pack heat on college campuses flew through the legislature and landed on his desk this month, he balked.
Disciplinary hearings, campus day-care centers, and faculty and staff offices were places that gave the governor pause, prompting him to ask lawmakers to carve out more gun-free, or at least gun-optional zones. They refused, so now he has until May 3 to sign the legislation or veto it. If he does neither, it automatically passes and Georgia will become the ninth state with a campus-carry law on the book
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In some states, the possibility of negotiation over which campus locations can exclude firearms has gun enthusiasts and skeptics sketching out complex scenarios. They involve checkpoints, lockers, and areas of potential confusion, including questions about security in buildings where some professors will be allowing armed visitors and others won’t.
