An increasing number of states have passed legislation allowing individuals to carry concealed weapons on university campuses. Past research has examined the perceptions of campus carry among college students, but most of the extant literature represents efforts occurring prior to these legislative changes and seldom explores the perceptions of minority populations. Current scholarship also lacks research on how faculty, staff, and administrators perceive campus carry policies. This study investigates all campus stakeholders’ knowledge of the campus carry policy and their support for it in a university located in a U.S.-Mexico border town. Results from the structural equation modeling indicate that campus members have limited knowledge of the campus carry policy and expressed low support for the policy. Assimilation of Hispanics significantly impacted their support for concealed carry on campus both directly and indirectly.

越来越多的州通过了立法，允许个人在大学校园内携带隐藏的武器。过去的研究已经检查了大学生对校园携带的看法，但大多数现存的文献都代表了在这些立法变化之前发生的努力，很少探索少数群体的看法。目前的学术研究还缺乏关于教职员工和管理人员如何看待校园携带政策的研究。这项研究调查了所有校园利益相关者对校园携带政策的了解以及他们对位于美墨边境城镇的一所大学的支持。结构方程模型的结果表明，校园成员对校园携带政策的了解有限，对该政策的支持程度较低。