Her concern stems from the mental health and well-being of college students as they face mounting pressures to succeed. Cooke, the University of Iowa instructor, agreed that gun control is a concern but isn't so sure of the answer. With concealed carry legal in most states and some passing laws legalizing campus carry, many educators worry this could become the new normal. She was not the only educator for whom the story of a murder-suicide at UCLA hit close to home. The assistant professor at University of Texas at Austin wrote that she'd been concerned about violence from students in the past.

Source: CNN June 03, 2016 03:04 UTC