--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Around '84 I came to Fairfield on one of those assembly courses. At > the time, a student told me that Campus Security Guards had been armed > with guns. But this had caused an outrage in non-meditating surrounds > and that, as a direct result the Iowa legislature had passed a law > banning security guards on Iowa campuses from carrying firearms. > > Has anyone ever heard of this? I had only heard it once -- from this > student -- and this was over 20 years ago so my memory could be > faulty.
I remember that course. MMY was on campus, and they hired armed rent-a-cops for beefed up security. I was an MIU student at the time, and I remember having to show my badge to the armed guard stationed by the front entrance when walking from Howard dorm, across highway 1, over to the main campus. I also remember the bit about the legislature passing a law outlawing armed guards on Iowa campuses. However, I don't know if that is actually the case.
