Students For Concealed Carry - Opposition

Opposition

The group encounters opposition from some students, administrators and other campus staff, who believe that allowing permit holders to carry concealed handguns on college campuses would lead to increased violence and accidental shootings. The group says these opinions are "uninformed."

The group has also faced strong opposition from traditional gun control groups, such as the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. The Brady Campaign's criticisms include accusations that the group is funded directly by the firearms industry. In a press release challenging the Brady Campaign to "prove it," Students for Concealed Carry on Campus categorically denied accusations that it is or ever has been organized or funded by the gun industry or the gun lobby. In the press release, SCC offered to turn over all of their financial records to the media if the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence would do the same. The press release also contained an open invitation to the Brady Campaign's board of directors to debate SCC's board of directors on the campus of any college in the United States. As of August 27, 2008, the Brady Campaign had not responded to either of these challenges.