2008 Woodie Awards
Guns on campus
Louie Araujo
Issue date: 11/22/02 Section: News
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A gun on campus is a serious matter, as a Yuba College student recently learned. On Wednesday, October 23, Andrew Scott Kaba, 20, of College City, was arrested after campus police found a rifle in his vehicle.
Early that morning, a Yuba College employee notified campus police that Kaba had a firearm in the back of his Mercedes station wagon. In addition to the unloaded .308 caliber rifle, police found a hunting license, deer tags and the proper paperwork for hunting in Kaba's car.
"This usually happens a couple times a year," said Yuba College Police Chief Dennis Dunn in an interview with the "Appeal-Democrat." Most people don't even know it's against the law, Dunn said of the ban of firearms on campus, "even though advisory signs are posted at all entrances to the campus."
Kaba was released on $25,000 bail.
The Gun-Free School Zone Act of 1995 made it a felony to bring a loaded or unloaded firearm on any California school grounds, public or private, from elementary to university.
The legislation, chaptered in California Penal Section 626.9, states that any person who brings or possesses a loaded firearm upon the grounds of a public or private university or college, unless it is with the written permission of the university or college president, "shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years."
According to the California Penal Code, similar prohibitions apply to the transportation and possession of unloaded firearms on campus.
U.S. Department of Education's Campus Security Statistics reveal that in 1998 six arrests were made at Yuba College for illegal weapons possession. In 1999 one arrest was made for the same offense, and in 2000 only one more. During that three-year period of the eight arrests, only one case received disciplinary action.
Aside from one unsolved forcible sex offense in 1998 at the Marysville campus, no other violent crimes have been reported by Yuba College police in four years. In fact, statistics reveal that the most prominent crime at Yuba College is burglary, followed by motor vehicle theft.
Early that morning, a Yuba College employee notified campus police that Kaba had a firearm in the back of his Mercedes station wagon. In addition to the unloaded .308 caliber rifle, police found a hunting license, deer tags and the proper paperwork for hunting in Kaba's car.
"This usually happens a couple times a year," said Yuba College Police Chief Dennis Dunn in an interview with the "Appeal-Democrat." Most people don't even know it's against the law, Dunn said of the ban of firearms on campus, "even though advisory signs are posted at all entrances to the campus."
Kaba was released on $25,000 bail.
The Gun-Free School Zone Act of 1995 made it a felony to bring a loaded or unloaded firearm on any California school grounds, public or private, from elementary to university.
The legislation, chaptered in California Penal Section 626.9, states that any person who brings or possesses a loaded firearm upon the grounds of a public or private university or college, unless it is with the written permission of the university or college president, "shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years."
According to the California Penal Code, similar prohibitions apply to the transportation and possession of unloaded firearms on campus.
U.S. Department of Education's Campus Security Statistics reveal that in 1998 six arrests were made at Yuba College for illegal weapons possession. In 1999 one arrest was made for the same offense, and in 2000 only one more. During that three-year period of the eight arrests, only one case received disciplinary action.
Aside from one unsolved forcible sex offense in 1998 at the Marysville campus, no other violent crimes have been reported by Yuba College police in four years. In fact, statistics reveal that the most prominent crime at Yuba College is burglary, followed by motor vehicle theft.