Following a surge of campus violence dominating headlines in recent weeks, California is looking to respond to public concern.

Senate Bill 707 was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Oct. 11, making it illegal to carry a concealed weapon on college campuses and public schools in the state.

According to gun activists, the issue is not the guns; it’s the people who shoot them Brown is taking away their right to bear arms and defend themselves and that this will open up campuses to shooters who now know they can go to there and face no opposition or resistance.

“I’m against the ban because you should be able to carry concealed weapons,” Skyline student Daniel Ousherovitch said. “Statistically, we would be safer on campus.”

So far, the University of California system has spent more than $17 million on enhancing security at its 10 campuses, spokeswoman Rebecca Trounson said.

“As you know, with the current Oregon shooting, guns have not been used for more purposeful effect, they’ve been used to hurt people, kill to an extent,” Skyline student Grazzia Menendez said. ”They should be banned. We need some form of protection.”

The California Community College System does not currently require schools to have security or training plans for active shooters. Skyline however, has a plan set up in case a shooting were to occur on campus.

Skyline has faced the issue of an active shooter on campus before. Campus Public Safety plans to come up with more training for faculty and students, as well as hold drills to gain the skills and knowledge needed in a crisis.

President Regina Stanback Stroud has joined with agency heads, the police department and locally elected officials, in collaboration to discuss the Big 5 Plan in detail lead by the chief of public safety Michael Celeste for the district.

After the incident in Oregon, some citizens in that area went out and bought more guns in response. There are people in the community who feel that students should always be able to carry a weapon on campus. Whenever a new law is attempted on gun control, the cry goes out from the right that they are trying to take people’s right to bear arms away from them.

“I think that at some point this nation is going to get the political backbone to recognize that the reason you have this amount of killing with guns is because of the availability of guns,” Stroud said.