George Mocsary on the University of Wyoming’s Firearms Proposal
ICLE Academic Affiliate George Mocsary was quoted by Wyoming Public Radio in a story about the University of Wyoming’s proposal to permit firearms to be carried on campus. You can read the full piece here.
George Mocsary is the director of the Firearms Research Center. During the webinar, he said there’s not much evidence that allowing concealed carry will endanger students.
“The widespread issuance of concealed carry licenses — there’s something like 20 million of them issued in the nation now — hasn’t endangered public safety in the larger society in other ways at ball games or rodeos or supermarkets, movie theaters, et cetera,” Mocsary said. “The same can be said of the few hundred of the nation’s universities that allow carry on campus.”
He added concealed carry might deter violent criminals from coming to campus.
“We know that murderers often select targets because of the absence of armed defenders,” Mocsary said. “They say so in what the media tend to call their manifestos.”
Meester and Mocsary hosted the online webinar alongside UW Police Chief Josh Holland and UW General Counsel Tara Evans. All four were joined by UW President Ed Seidel during a packed in-person town hall Monday.