Organizations - Advocacy Organizations

If you're looking for information on SCCC or the issue of concealed carry on college campuses, start with our website: http://www.ConcealedCampus.org

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Students for Concealed Carry on Campus is a national, non-partisan, grassroots organization comprised of over 35,000 college students, professors, college employees, parents of college students, and concerned citizens who believe that holders of state-issued concealed handgun licenses should be allowed the same measure of personal protection on college campuses that current laws afford them virtually everywhere else. SCCC has members in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.

Both the membership and the leadership of SCCC are made up of individuals with very diverse political backgrounds. Among SCCC's leaders you'll find conservatives, moderates, liberals, Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Independents, etc. The members of SCCC look beyond partisanship, toward the common goal of achieving state laws and school policies based on factual evidence rather than emotional rhetoric.

College campuses, though typically safe, do play host to every type of violent crime found in the rest of society, from assault to rape to murder. Recent high-profile shootings and armed abductions on college campuses clearly demonstrate that "gun free zones" serve to disarm only those law-abiding citizens who might otherwise be able to protect themselves.

Because numerous independent researchers and state agencies agree that concealed handgun license holders are five times less likely than non-license holders to commit violent crimes; because no other type of location has seen an increased rate of violent crime since concealed carry became legal there; because the eleven U.S. colleges/universities that currently allow concealed carry on campus (and have done so for a combined total of more than eighty semesters) have not seen any resulting incidents of gun violence, gun accidents, or gun thefts; and because college campuses are open environments that lack screening measures such as metal detectors, X-ray machines, and controlled points of entry, SCCC feels that there is no pragmatic basis for declaring college campuses off-limits to concealed carry by the same trained, licensed adults (age twenty-one and above in most states) who lawfully and safely carry concealed handguns in locations such as office buildings, movie theaters, grocery stores, shopping malls, restaurants, churches, banks, etc.

SCCC has two main functions. The first function is to dispel the common myths and misconceptions about concealed carry on college campuses, by making the public aware of the facts. The second function is to push state legislators and school administrators to grant concealed handgun license holders the same rights on college campuses that those licensees currently enjoy in most other unsecured locations.

Because SCCC fully supports states' rights, its policy is to push for change at the state level, rather than at the federal level. The first step is to see the laws in many states amended to remove statutory prohibitions against concealed carry on college campuses. The next step is to see other states follow Utah's lead in prohibiting state-funded colleges from refusing to honor state-issued licenses.

Though SCCC supports concealed carry on the campuses of both public and private colleges, it also strongly supports the rights of private property owners; therefore, SCCC believes that the issue of concealed carry at private colleges must be handled through negotiations with school administrators, rather than through state legislation. SCCC believes that private colleges should be encouraged to support concealed carry on campus through the enactment of state laws that grant colleges immunity from liability associated with allowing concealed carry on campus.

SCCC supports the legalization of CONCEALED carry by LICENSED individuals on COLLEGE campuses. SCCC has no official positions on open carry, unlicensed concealed carry, or concealed carry on the campuses of primary or secondary schools.

Students for Concealed Carry on Campus is not affiliated with the NRA, a political party, or any other organization.

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Declaring a campus a "gun free zone" may make some people feel safer, but as Virginia Tech taught us, feeling safe and being safe are not the same thing.

THE FACTS:

http://www.concealedcampus.org/faq.htm
http://www.concealedcampus.org/arguments.htm

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**** Invite Your Friends ****

***Write your State and National Reps Today!***
Visit http://www.concealedcampus.org/write.htm to find your Reps info

***Contact your Campus Leader Today!***
Visit http://concealedcampus.org/leaders.htm to find out who your campus leader is. No campus leader? No problem! Apply today! **NOTE** By accepting the role and responsibility of campus leader, you agree to take on additional duties, beyond those of the most student members. Among those duties is the duty to be willing and prepared to talk to members of the press/1, when possible. It is not acceptable for a campus leader to simply refuse an interview request, without good reason.

Want more information on becoming a campus leader? Want to be one? Check out this link http://www.concealedcampus.org/cl_application.pdf and apply!


We are here to meet others with the same common goals and educate each other. We will NOT tolerate spamming or personal insults/libel. Stick to the topic at hand. If you want to talk politics, religion, and/or presidential candidates, please find another appropriate group to discuss these issues.

RULES ON POSTING PICTURES: this group is about showing the world how responsible adults can handle concealable firearms responsibly. Please do not post pictures of irresponsible/inappropriate/unsafe gun handling, of guns that you wouldn't normally conceal and carry with you, or of knives (knives included with concealable firearms is ok). Remember, this is a group for concealed FIREARMS so please limit your pictures to that. Pictures not adhering to this will be deleted.

RULES ON POSTING VIDEOS AND LINKS: Videos and linked articles/pages must deal specifically with the issue of concealed carry on college campuses. Items pertaining to gun rights in general, concealed carry in general, concealed carry on the campuses of primary or secondary schools, political races, technical knowledge of firearms, or any other subject not specifically pertaining to concealed carry on college campuses should be relegated to the discussion board.

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If you want to take action at your own school, print up copies of these two flyers, and hand them out on campus. You can save money/trees by printing front and back.

http://www.concealedcampus.org/campus_handout.pdf
http://www.concealedcampus.org/answers.pdf

You can also draw attention to our cause by posting copies of this flyer on campus bulletin boards:

http://concealedcampus.org/sccc_flyer.pdf