One Tragic Thing to Know About UCC Campus Where Oregon Students & Faculty Were Murdered
Victoria Taft | Independent Journal
Oct 1, 2015
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The pristine air of Douglas County, Oregon, was disrupted by the sound of gunfire on the campus of Umpqua Community College on Thursday morning. It was just four days into the new fall term.

Tragically, ten people lost their lives, reportedly after being asked about their religious identification.

The question is: Would this have happened if the killer had known people on campus had guns? Because in Oregon, this may have been the case. However, the campus was a “gun-free zone.”

As a bit of background, Students for Concealed Carry won a court case against the Regents of the University of Colorado in 2010 establishing the right for students to concealed carry firearms.

But by 2013, the Oregon Board of Higher Education had created a work-around that acknowledged students’ rights to carry concealed, but banned the very same guns inside campus buildings, essentially gutting the court decision.

Umpqua Community College’s “Dangerous Devices” policy allows no weapons of any kind and includes a strict, no firearms policy.