One student was killed and two others were injured in the shooting.

“Our whole purpose of this meeting and this bill was to increase safety on campus, and the best way to do that, as we see it, is to allow concealed carry,” McCahill said.

“Regardless of how great our police department is, which it is a very highly ranked and well-respected police department, they can’t protect us in a situation where there’s a shooter in a classroom and the door’s locked.”

The student senate debated the resolution for about 40 minutes before taking a vote closed to media and nonmembers.

Senate President Lawren Kinghorn said some members were intimidated by the large crowd of students and guests who attended the previous meeting, when the campus carry issue was introduced for a first reading.

Final vote

The final vote tally was not released because the vote occurred in closed session, but Kinghorn said the measure did not have unanimous support.