September 29, 2006
Utah Court Rejects Campus Gun Ban
The University of Utah cannot ban guns on its campus in defiance of a state gun-rights law, the Utah Supreme Court ruled this month.
Utah legislators ruled in 2004 to prohibit government agencies, like the university, from adopting policies that would restrict the possession of a firearm on public or private property. In a 4-to-1 decision, the court sided with the state attorney general, who defended the law and argued that the university had no autonomy under the Utah Constitution to
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