Two Involved in VCU Attacks Get 30 Days In Jail

In what could qualify for a Cam & Company "Deal of the Day," brothers involved in a mob attack on two different people just after classes began at VCU in August received 30 Days in jail today.  According to CBS6:

The Wallace brothers were officially given a sentence of 12 months behind bars with 11 months suspended and were ordered to pay a $100 fine. They will also be on unsupervised probation for the next three years.

The light sentencs could be due to the fact that the two are also facing on more serious charges in Henrico County, including firearm charges.

Search warrants CBS 6 News obtained place the Wallace brothers at a house party in western Henrico Sept. 1, where a teenage girl was shot in the head.

VCU has been in the news lately due to an increase in crime on and around the urban campus. Students and employees are not allowed to carry concealed while on campus even if they have concealed handgun permits (CHPs).

Is VCU Safe?

There were six robbery related crimes on or near the urban campus of Virginia Commonwealth University last night.  The campus is becoming as crime prone as that of Old Dominion University.  Yet neither of the universities allow students or faculty to carry concealed for self defense.  One has to ask, is VCU a safe place for our students?

Another Reason for Concealed Carry on Campus

The Richmond Times Dispatch (RTD) reported today that a group of 15 "young men" commited a violent assault and robbery on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) early this morning.   It should be noted that VCU doesn't really have a traditional campus as it is an urban university with it's buildings on city streets.

VCU and Richmond police described the assailants as a group of 15 black males between the ages of 17 and 22.

The first victim, who is not a VCU student, reported being punched without provocation by a member of the group while getting out of a vehicle at Shafer and West Grace streets.

Moments later, the group encountered the second victim, a VCU student, at Shafer and West Franklin streets. The student told police one member of the group made a comment about his boots before the victim was punched in the back of the head and knocked to the ground.

Students just returned to campus over the weekend for the start of the fall semester.  VCU Police Chief John Venuti told the RTD that the VCU Police will be doing several things to increase security, including hiring additional officers as well as a private security firm, and upgrading the video surveillance capabilities on the campus. But, students will still be easy targets as VCU sprawls through downtown Richmond and 92 people, the increased size of the police department, cannot possibly be expected to protect the over 18,000 students who attend classes.

Virginia's public colleges and universities ban students from carrying firearms on campus.

Another Reason for Campus Carry

This is the 7th robbery near the VCU campus since March. Because VCU is an "urban campus" it is even more important that students be allowed to carry.

Virginia Tech Approves New Regulation Banning Concealed Carry in Buildings and Major Events

Yesterday, Virginia Tech's Board of Visitors new regulation that bans firearms in buildings and at major events such as football games. The regulation replaces an existing policy, and applies to firearms carried both by concealed permit holders and non-permit-holders. In July, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said July that universities didn't have the authority to ban people from bringing firearms into school facilities by "policy" but could pass a regulation, which carries the force of law. Tech is the latest of Virginia's public colleges and universities to pass such a regulation after Cuccinelli's opinion.