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Tragedy at Virginia tech adds momentum to campaign to allow guns on campuses.
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) -- Some U.S. college students want the right to carry guns on campus, saying they should have the ability to protect themselves in the event of a shooting like the one that left 33 people dead at Virginia Tech this spring.
Andrew Dysart, a George Mason University senior, has organized a chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, which hopes to convince state legislators to overturn a Virginia law that allows universities to prohibit students, faculty and staff members with gun permits from carrying their weapons on campus.
"There's no way to know what could have happened, but the students at Tech, they really should have had a …
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