Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
An Ohio bill has been proposed that will allow students older than 18 to carry nonlethal self-defense weapons anywhere on college campuses.
House Bill 949, the Campus Self-Defense Act, was introduced by state Rep. Levi Dean, R-Xenia. The bill is cosponsored by three other Butler County representatives: Jennifer Gross, Thomas Hall and Diane Mullins.
“The bill requires a state institution of higher education to permit students 18 years old or older to store nonlethal self-defense weapons in campus housing facilities. A state institution of higher education must not impose storage restrictions that render the nonlethal self-defense weapons inaccessible during emergencies,” the bill analysis reads.
Nonlethal self-defense weapons are defined as “pepper spray, a pepper spray gun, pepper gel, mace, a taser, an electric control device, a stun gun, or other conducted energy device.”
If the bill is passed and a state institution violates it, the penalty will be a first-degree misdemeanor with a $50,000 fine.
As a public institution, Wright State University would have to comply with the bill if passed.
