The campus carry issue has appeared for at least the last three years in Missouri.

A joint report published in January by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators and the Education Commission of the States outlined the history of campus carry nationwide.

The report points to the 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech as a potential catalyst for campus carry discussions in many states. It also shows that 18 other states moved to ban firearms on campuses statewide. However, eight of those still allow guns in locked cars parked on university property.

Bringing it back

Taylor told the Post-Dispatch that he planned to bring back the campus carry bill in “a similar form” to what he ended with last session. That final product included a few “compromises” he said he made with college leaders.

For example, the final product would have prohibited guns in dormitories, college-run hospitals, science laboratories and administrative buildings where disciplinary action might take place.