Are college campuses the place for concealed guns? Your Say Interactive

Texas is set to become the ninth state to allow adults to carry concealed weapons on its public university campuses. But campus-carry laws (Texas' bill is expected to be signed by the governor at any moment) have come with a great deal of controversy.

As stated in the Paste BN editorial "Campus-carry gun laws won't make colleges safer," the chancellor of the University of Texas System, Rear Admiral William McRaven, warned the Texas legislature that weapons will actually make campuses less safe. The former special operations commander also worries about suicides and accidental shootings among an armed campus population.

An overwhelming majority of college presidents across the country agree with him. Some 95% of college and university presidents oppose concealed handguns on campuses; and 91% state that accidental shootings are a major concern, according to a Ball State University survey (see the graphic below for more details).

California, New York and Florida are among the 20 states that have completely banned carrying concealed weapons on college campuses, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. And 63% of people who participated in a YouGov survey think that private universities should have the right to ban guns on their campuses even in states where carrying concealed weapons in a college environment is legal.

More of the national conversation on campus-carry laws in the interactive graphics below, along with reader views and the chance to voice your view in informal surveys: