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Students plans to obtain a license to carry on campus after the passage of Texas Senate Bill 11

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This study examines factors predicting possession of a license to carry and plans to obtain a license to carry for the purpose of carrying a concealed handgun on campus after the passage of Texas Senate Bill 11 (SB11). Utilizing plans to obtain a license to carry we examine four models each with a more refined dependent variable to determine the factors specifically related to campus carry. The study uses a sample of university students at a midsize university in Texas to examine these relationships. Campus security concerns both before and after implementation of SB11 are discussed.

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  1. In addition to Texas the following states also mandate campus carry; Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin (Winn 2017).

  2. This series of victimization variables was based on a single question that asked respondents “As a high school student, were you the victim of a crime? (check all that apply).” Response categories were violent crime, property crime, bullying, and no victimization.

  3. Respondents were asked, “How confident are you that the police can prevent violent crime on campus?” Response categories were not confident at all, not very confident, confident, and very confident.

  4. We analyzed models including both a combined measure of all types of high school victimization and individual types of high school victimization. This second set of models suggested that high school bullying victimization was the only significant variable in the model predicting respondents’ plans to obtain a license to carry for the purpose of carrying on campus. As such, we included the separate measures in each model for the final analysis.

  5. For a more complete discussion of the recommendations for implementing concealed carry on campus, officer training, and informational education dissemination see Winn (2017).

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Nodeland, B., Saber, M. & DeBoer, L. Students plans to obtain a license to carry on campus after the passage of Texas Senate Bill 11. Secur J 34, 299–318 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41284-019-00219-0

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