{"591514":{"#nid":"591514","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The Real Chaos of Campus Gun Laws","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIan Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, wrote\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;The Real Chaos of Campus Gun Laws\u0026rdquo; for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Atlantic\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELast week, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/state--regional-govt--politics\/georgia-governor-signs-campus-gun-measure\/f02kSvtstlOhpUhniiyxxO\/\u0022\u003Esigned\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;a bill that will allow Georgia weapons permit holders over 21 years of age to carry concealed firearms in most parts of the state\u0026rsquo;s college and university campuses. The impacted schools include the Georgia Institute of Technology, where I teach, and the University of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHere, as in other states where similar laws have arisen, opponents contend that guns on campus will only cause accidental violence. But supporters see the prohibition of firearms at colleges and universities as a greater risk. Given the knowledge that campuses are gun-free,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/local\/wp\/2016\/07\/30\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-campus-carry\/\u0022\u003Ethe reasoning goes\u003C\/a\u003E, would-be assailants might choose them as easy targets.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2016\/01\/08\/few-examples-exist-armed-civilians-preventing-mass-shootings-campuses\u0022\u003EOpponents respond\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that few attacks ever have been prevented by the \u0026ldquo;good guys with guns\u0026rdquo; that the laws supposedly arm for the task.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/education\/archive\/2017\/05\/the-real-chaos-of-campus-gun-laws\/525762\/\u0022\u003Ehere.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34508","created_gmt":"2017-05-08 18:33:24","changed_gmt":"2017-05-08 18:33:24","author":"oadebola3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"JS Coon Building","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/education\/archive\/2017\/05\/the-real-chaos-of-campus-gun-laws\/525762\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-05-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-05-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"252091":{"id":"252091","type":"image","title":"Ian Bogost","body":null,"created":"1449243813","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:33","changed":"1502475238","gmt_changed":"2017-08-11 18:13:58","alt":"Ian Bogost","file":{"fid":"226504","name":"bogost-color.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bogost-color.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bogost-color.png","mime":"image\/png","size":6216793,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bogost-color.png?itok=1Az_4YGj"}}},"media_ids":["252091"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}