The House is debating HB 222, the guns-on-campus bill. "We've taken law-abiding citizens, citizens that want to do the right things, and we've criminalized their behavior because they don't know ... where those boundaries are," said Rep. Marv Hagedorn, R-Meridian. Current law lets Idaho's colleges and universities decide about guns on campus; the bill would ban the colleges from regulating them anywhere but in undergraduate residence halls.

Several supporters of the bill have been arguing that concealed weapons permit holders are responsible and should be able to carry guns on campus, but the bill doesn't just address them; it would let anyone openly carry guns on campus, including at athletic competitions and arena concerts. Hagedorn said, "That's already in the Constitution." Opponents have argued that more guns on campus will make them less safe, rather than more safe.

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