Here's something I bet you DIDN'T hear in the news this week.

Last year, a bill was pushed that would have allowed folks to protect themselves on Virginia college campuses. It didn't make it out of committee.

http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/wb/xp-50658

Quoting the article:

"Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker was happy to hear the bill was defeated. "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus."

This was no mere PR hack (he's quite well known in his field). He felt so strongly that he penned an op-ed in the same paper...

http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/commentary/wb/81277

The last sentence is probably most striking:

"Guns don't belong in classrooms. They never will. Virginia Tech has a very sound policy preventing same."