January 25, 2002

Universities in Utah Prepare to Sue to Keep Guns Off Campuses

Several public universities in Utah are squaring off with the state's attorney general over a law that permits guns to be almost anywhere -- including on college campuses.

A 1995 state law allows an owner with a permit to carry a concealed weapon anywhere except airports, churches, courts of law, mental asylums, Olympic Games sites, prisons, and private homes.

Meanwhile, seven of the state's nine universities prohibit students and faculty and staff members from carrying

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