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WEBVTT AJ?REPORTER REPRESENTATIVE CHARLIECOLLINS SAYS THERE IS A PROCESSINVOLVED IN SEEING THIS BILLTHROUGH.AND HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THATPROCESS FROM START TO FINISH.AND HE STRONGLY BELIEVES IT WILLTURN WHAT HE CALLS RAMPAGEKILLERS.MUCH LIKE THE ONES THAT KILL 12STUDENTS AND A TEACHER 18 YEARSAGO ON THIS VERY DAY ATCOLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL.>> THE BASIC LICENSE AND THISENHANCED LICENSE.YOU HAVE TO SUCCESSFULLYCOMPLETE THAT ADDITIONAL EIGHTHOURS OF TRAINING.THEY SAY IT WILL BE AN ACTIVESHOOTER SITUATION.>> IT IS NOT COVERED IN DEEPTRAINING FOR A TRADITIONAL CCLLICENSE.REPORTER: THE LIST OF PLACES YOUCAN CARRY YOUR GUN CREW -- GROWS.>> A GIVES YOU AUTHORITY ANDPUBLIC BUILDINGS, AIRPORTS,BARS.REPORTER: AND THE LIST OF PLACESYOU CAN'T CARRY SHRINKS.>> IT ONLY AS A HANDFUL OFPROHIBITIONS.K-12, PRE-K, DAY CARE, PRISON,COURTROOM.REPORTER: ANOTHER IS FIRESENSITIVE AREAS LIKE A COLLEGESPORTING EVENTS WHERE THOUSANDSOF PEOPLE ARE PACKED INTO ASMALL SPACE.BUT FOR THOSE PLACES TO PROHIBITCARRIERS FROM BRINGING IN THEIRGUN, THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT THEIROWN SECURITY PLAN TO THEARKANSAS STATE POLICE.>> AND IF THE POLICE APPROVETHAT PLAN, THEY HAVE THEAUTHORITY AS THE COLLEGIATEATHLETIC EVENT TO PREVENTCONCEAL CARRY AND EVEN FOR THOSETHAT HAVE THE ENHANCED PERMIT.CRACKS WHILE THIS LAW GOES INTOEFFECT SEPTEMBER 1, IT IS UP TO120 DAYS TO FINISH BEFORE THEYCAN WRING THEIR GUN ON CAMPUS.I ALSO TALKED TO THE UNIVERSITYTODAY.SO THAT WHEN ASP DROPS THEPARAMETERS THAT THEY HAVE TO

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While the Arkansas law allowing gun owners to carry on college campuses goes into effect September 1st, it may not be until January guns will actually be on campus. In order to get an Enhanced Carry License (ECL), which will appear as an annotation on a concealed carry license, the gun owner must complete up to an eight hour training course put together by the Arkansas State Police. "They'll be two licenses," said Representative Charlie Collins of Fayetteville. "The basic license and this enhanced license."ASP has up to 120 days after the law goes into effect, to create that training course making it possible that it may take as long as January of 2018 for guns to actually be allowed on campus. Collins says the course will be focused on what to do in an active shooter situation. "If you think about an active shooter situation," said Collins. "That is really not covered in deep training for the traditional CCL license. That license training is really more about the law, where you're allowed to carry where you're not. Yes, there is some shooting, but it really doesn't talk as much about how one might behave in those situations." With an ECL you can carry on campus as well as public buildings, bars, and airports. You still can't carry in K-12 and pre-K schools, daycares, prisons or courtrooms. Another prohibition is fire-sensitive areas, college sporting events fall into this category. Universities who wish to prohibit ECL carriers from entering their sporting events must submit their own security plans to ASP. "If the Arkansas State Police approve that plan," said Collins. "Then they can have the authority, as a collegiate athletic event to prevent concealed carry, even for those who have the enhanced permit."