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Tyler Bissmeyer for The New York Times "If you had asked students the morning of the Virginia Tech shooting if they feel safe, I'm almost positive all of them would have said yes." — David Burnett, 27, a spokesman for Students for Concealed Carry

By Richard Perez-Pena and Susan Saulny

BOULDER, Colo. — Public colleges and universities have become a major front in the nation’s debate over guns as gun-rights advocates press to expand the right to carry concealed weapons, a campaign that gained steam after the 2007 shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, which left 33 people dead. And though guns remain banned from most state colleges, pro-gun forces, in a series of high-decibel legal and political battles, have made inroads on the issue in a handful of states, most recently Colorado.

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