The most active lobbyists for these bills are the National Rifle Association and a network of pro-gun student organizations, Students for Campus Carry.
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A police report obtained by the Smoking Gun says students complained that the Lysol spray got into their mouths and eyes and forced some of them to leave the dance.
Videotape of the raid, taken from the school's surveillance cameras, showed police officers pointing guns at students' heads, and other students forced to kneel, face a wall or lie on the floor, while the dog sniffed them.
Madison Welch, Southwest regional director for pro-gun group Students for Concealed Carry, argues that too few students carry guns to significantly affect statistics, and notes that concealed carry license holders in Texas are less than one-third times as likely to be convicted of murder than the general population, according to the state Department of Public Safety.
The specter of gun-wielding students has not gone unnoticed.
National Guardsmen had gunned down students at Kent State, killing four and wounding nine.
They gunned down students who fled or cowered under tables, shot those who pleaded for mercy, laughing and spouting racist insults as they went.
When the State Supreme Court struck down the University of Colorado's ban on firearms last spring, the university tweaked its policy: gun-carrying students on the Boulder campus must live in specially designated housing.
Tear gas and water cannons were used to disperse demonstrations and in the capital of Ankara, Hurriyet news agency reported that police were using FN-303 riot guns against students.
