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Elitist snobs from New York always think the land between the coasts is populated by nothing but hicks and cows<\/a><\/p>\n

As the Wyoming Legislature considers several bills that would make it easier to carry firearms in public spaces, there\u2019s evidence that those practices make things worse, a gun control advocate said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen things like guns routinely being left in bathrooms on campuses,\u201d Andy Pelosi told Cowboy State Daily.<\/p>\n

As executive director of The Campaign to Keep Guns off Campus, which is based in New York State, Pelosi was answering what he claims are flawed arguments from Wyoming concealed-carry advocates who have said that the loosening of concealed carry restrictions in other states hasn\u2019t caused problems.<\/p>\n

Causes More Problem Than It Solves?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Allowing firearms on college campuses has led to problems and even some tragedies, Pelosi said. That has included more suicides or perpetrators using firearms to force sexual assaults.<\/p>\n

He cited some studies\u00a0<\/a>his group has compiled from reports of\u00a0gun-related incidents on campuses<\/a>, including Colorado State University. Concealed carry is allowed at CSU.<\/p>\n

It generally isn\u2019t allowed on the University of Wyoming Campus. Students or staff may carry at UW only if they\u2019ve obtained a special permit from university police for some pressing reason, such as being stalked.<\/p>\n

Some of the incidents in Colorado that Keep Guns off Campus cites include student gunshot suicides in 2008 and 2017 and an accidental shooting on the CU-Denver campus in 2012.<\/p>\n

And in 2017 at Fort Collins Community College, \u201cA 26-year-old female student pulled a loaded gun on her professor after he confronted her about cheating,\u201d according to one of the studies cited.<\/p>\n

Overall, allowing guns on campuses and other previously gun-free public spaces isn\u2019t shown to diminish crime, but instead increases the number of incidents such as suicides, threats and accidental shootings, Pelosi said.<\/p>\n

The Associated Students of the University of Wyoming opposes allowing concealed carry on campus, the group\u2019s representative, Caitlin Heddins, told legislators during a recent discussion of one of the firearms-related bills.<\/p>\n

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