The law prohibits public colleges and universities from prohibiting the weapon.
Once prohibited by some campus policies, all students at public colleges in Iowa will be permitted to carry stun guns on their campus beginning on July 1.
Detractors, however, often argue bringing additional weapons onto campus could present more harm to students than it mitigates. Matty Smith, the communications specialist for the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault, told The Daily Iowan, the University of Iowa student newspaper, that it might not necessarily prevent sexual assault.
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