Colorado Supreme Court upholds right to bear arms...at college
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March 12, 2012
Colorado: The Colorado Supreme Court ruled, on March 5, 2012, that universities cannot prohibit students from carrying guns. The court upheld the state's Concealed Carry Act in a ruling against the University of Colorado's Board of Regents. According to the act, which was passed in 2003, local governments may not limiting concealed carry rights (except in certain cases such as K-12 school and private property). The ruling strikes down the university's current no-gun policy.
The lawsuit was filed by Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, a national group. The group's spokesman, David Burnett, stated, "We don't feel some campuses should allow it and others ban it." In fact, the justices pointed to inconsistencies among jurisdictions as one of the reasons for their ruling. Kyle Hybl, chairman of the UC Board of Regents, thought differently. "We have constitutional and statutory authority to protect the health, welfare and safety of students...This case was less about firearms than the constitutional and statutory rights of the Board of Regents," he stated.[1] Some said that allowing weapons would result in school shootings, while others argued that armed students could prevent such massacres.[1]
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