NORFOLK -- Students are asking to bring guns on campus, after a wave of crime near Old Dominion University.
Labor Day weekend, two people were robbed on or near the campus.
Some ODU students started a Facebook page, demanding the right to carry concealed handguns on school property.
One post reads, "We have the right to protect ourselves, especially in the high crime areas near ODU."
ODU, like all Virginia and North Carolina colleges, bans or restricts weapons on campus.
Freshman Meghan Nagle says firearms at school could distract students from learning.
"I'm always going to be wondering, who has a gun? I don't know if they're going to freak out and kill me."
But even crowded bars allow people to come in with hidden guns. Sophomore Nick Foxx believes that right should extend to college campuses.
"People who obey the law and go through the permit system should be able to carry their guns anywhere."
Most students are too young to carry. In Virginia, you have to be 21 years old to get a concealed handgun permit.
Virginia Tech still prohibits handguns at school, even after the massacre that killed 32 people.
Universities in Utah and Colorado that allow guns on campus have not reported acts of violence.
