One student that is not changing his mind is Junior Criminal Justice Major, Blake Graham.  Graham is the student president of the organization on campus called Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, also known as SCCC.  “If we place this imaginary boundary around the campus that says that this is a gun free zone.  And basically that’s going to tell someone that wants to cause harm that we don’t allow firearms and the chances of your victims having firearms are slim to none,” stated Graham.  Students for Concealed Carry on Campus have approximately 25 active chapter members that educate people around Muncie of their second amendment rights.  But, not all students agree with him. 

Sophomore Social Work Major, Megan Thomason, who is currently enrolled in Communication Studies 210, which takes place in the largest lecture hall on campus, feels differently.  “Why bring guns into a situation where they don’t need to be.  If you bring them, it’s going to give you more of an opportunity for violence to happen,” said Thomason.  She is among 1,500 students at Ball State University currently enrolled in the speech class.  The 500 student lecture hall class takes place three separate times on Mondays in Pruis Hall.  Professor of Communication Studies 210, Tiffany Hecklinski, had an interesting thought on the situation.  “My political views and my personal views kind of conflict a little bit because at the same time I don’t want to be up their standing thinking that one of my students could be carrying a gun.  And at the same time I’m a mother.  And I don’t know if I would want my child sitting in a classroom knowing that someone next to them could have a gun as well.”  Hecklinski took on the position as the Professor of Communication Studies 210 this fall 2008 semester.  Communication Studies 210 is a requirement for all students enrolled to take in order to graduate. 

On Friday, October 24, 2008, 2 Ball State Students were shot near 202 Dill Street.  The police were called, and the victims were taken to Ball Memorial Hospital.  With already a controversial topic on concealed carry on campus arise; it had many students changing their mind.  This past April a piece of legislation went through the statehouse to allow concealed firearms on campus, but it did not pass by one vote.  Students for Concealed Carry on Campus are still stressing the importance of concealed carry and our second amendment rights, so they are still pushing legislators to pass more bills on the issue through the statehouse.