Bill would allow concealed guns in Wisconsin college buildings

While a pair of Republican state lawmakers want to allow students and faculty to carry concealed guns inside public university and college buildings, at least one campus and its police department are warning the measure could have dangerous day-to-day implications.

“Allowing concealed weapons inside a building like Camp Randall Stadium, filled with 80,000 people, creates a major security issue,” said a statement Tuesday from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department.

The evidence “does not support the idea that our campus would be safer if concealed firearms are allowed in our buildings,” the statement said. “In states that allow concealed carry, these mass shooting tragedies have still occurred.”