With just five legislative days left, those on both sides of a mega gun bill are busy lobbying state lawmakers.

Students from Kennesaw State University’s Students for Concealed Carry wore buttons and waited outside both the House and Senate chambers Wednesday ready to speak with those who would listen.

The bill, that awaits a vote in the full House, would allow gun owners with carry permits to bring their firearms onto college campuses except in dorms or at sporting events.

“There’s a right of individual citizens, these are adults we’re talking about, to be able to defend themselves not just on college campus but around the local area,” says Hunter Hurst, a sophomore at the college.

But Alice Johnson, director of Georgians for Gun Safety, is lobbying just as hard to defeat the bill.  She believes having guns on college campuses is a recipe for disaster.

“Those young people see as a part of their college life... some risky behavior which we all, who’ve been to college, have experienced at one time or another,” she tells WSB’s Sandra Parrish.

But Luke Crawford, who founded the organization at KSU, says that risky behavior shouldn’t outweigh someone’s Second Amendment rights.

“Just because there is an irresponsible citizen, and a lot of them on college campuses, there is no reason that that should keep the responsible citizens like us and many others from being able to protect and defend ourselves,” he says.

Permit holders would also be able to take their guns into churches which opt into the law as well as government buildings that lack security.  Guns would still be prohibited in courthouses.

A House committee merged HB 512 with SB 101 which allows veterans under 21 who receive an honorable discharge to be able to get a carry permit.