[Vision2020] ISU professor and gunpowder chemistry

[Kenneth Marcy]

NPR Story


          3:49 pm Wed September 3, 2014

          Police Investigate Idaho Professor's Accidental Shooting Of
          Self During Class

By Jessica Robinson

http://klcc.org/post/police-investigate-idaho-professors-accidental-shooting-self-during-class 


Police in Pocatello, Idaho, are investigating how a university professor 
accidentally shot himself in the foot during class.

The injury was non-life threatening and no one else was harmed. But 
critics of guns-on-campus laws are pointing to the incident is a 
cautionary tale.

The accidental shooting occurred during a Tuesday afternoon chemistry 
class at Idaho State University. The professor reportedly had the small 
caliber, semi-automatic handgun in his pocket when it went off. One 
student told police there were about 20 students in the lab at the time.

The professor did have an Enhanced Concealed Weapons Permit. That allows 
people to bring guns onto public college and university campuses under a 
new state law that took effect this summer.

The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus and other gun control advocates 
swiftly noted the incident on social media. A headline on The Daily 
Beast read, "The Concealed Carry on Campus Movement Shoots Itself in the 
Foot."

Idaho is among seven states with laws that allow firearms on higher ed 
campuses. The measure received strong opposition during the 2014 
legislative session from Idaho's police chiefs and the presidents of 
public colleges and universities, including Idaho State's.

In a written statement, the president of the school said it is "in 
compliance with the Idaho gun law" and called the shooting an 
unfortunate accident.


Ken

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