Keywords
firearms, campus, law, gun safety, gun laws
Document Type
Article
Abstract
House Bill 937, passed in North Carolina in 2013, modified the provisions associated with concealed carry permissions on college campuses so that concealed carry permit holders could lawfully possess firearms on campus if they were kept in a locked compartment in their vehicles. The present study sought to explore the knowledge and perceptions of firearm law among a sample of undergraduate college students at one public university in North Carolina in the semester following the change in carrying provisions. The findings showed that students were not knowledgeable about gun laws and tended to be relatively supportive of gun rights, although differences existed among students who owned a firearm. This study expands our understanding of the relationship between gun ownership and perceptions of firearm laws, as well as the link between these two areas and knowledge of gun laws, among college students.
Recommended Citation
Bonner, Heidi S.; Stacey, Michele; and Davidson, Megan
(2018)
"Undergraduate Student Knowledge and Opinion About Campus Carrying and Other Firearms Laws,"
Journal of Criminal Justice and Law: Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://research.library.kutztown.edu/jcjl/vol2/iss1/2