State Representative Charlie Collins , of Fayetteville , tells 4029 he plans to file a bill next week that would require public universities and colleges in Arkansas to allow faculty and staff to carry handgunsNobody pertinent to the UofA , as far as I could tell as a student there , wanted this . I ' m not antigun , I enjoy boomboom sticks as much as the next southerner , but this looks a bit like political opportunism to me . In fact , I generally look the other way when it comes to most matters pertaining to firearm legislature but it seems wholly unnecessary to force schools to allow concealed carry . Divisive politics where it really isn ' t called for is the mark of an ambitious politician who ' s willing to pander for their own advancement rather than focus on issues that actually help the daily lives of his constituents . As far as I ' m aware , Collins ' district 84 picture doesn ' t include any of the UofA though there could be some tiny , fraction of an outlying facility in there . I don ' t doubt that there are some students and facultystaff in district 84 but this paternalistic benevolence seems disingenuous to me . I can ' twon ' t knock his record or intelligence but , as far as I ' m aware , he ' s never been a member of facultystaff or a student in an Arkansas collegeuniversity . edit welcome to rfayettevile , altrighters .