The Colorado Supreme Court will hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging the University of Colorado’s ban on concealed weapons, the Boulder Daily Camera reported. A lower court, the Colorado Court of Appeals, ruled in April that the lawsuit could proceed, saying the university’s policy appeared to violate state weapons law. In the wake of that ruling, Colorado State University put on hold a plan to ban concealed weapons on its campuses. Some legal experts are optimistic that campus gun bans are on solid legal ground, despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision this summer that struck down a gun ban in the City of Chicago.
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4 Responses to Colorado Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging University’s Gun Ban
11272784 - October 18, 2010 at 4:54 pm
This will be interesting – I’m in Colorado and there are plenty of conservatives and firearms owners here who are making this a cause celebre.
physicsprof - October 19, 2010 at 10:16 am
A similar lawsuit that time by the University of Utah went nowhere several years ago, when UU claimed to have some sort of educational immunity from the state law. Characteristically, pushing the lawsuit made UU appear arrogant and out of touch with reality to many of state citizens. Even funnier, no safety problems emerged as a result, parly confirming that “out-of-touch with reality” part of the professoriate.
11126724 - October 19, 2010 at 11:52 am
Gun cases decided so far by the US Supreme Court have explicitly stated they did not affect longstanding bans on guns in public buildings and SCHOOLS. This includes decisions written by Scalia. Unless the Court abandons its own recent precedents, it appears bans on guns on university property may be upheld.
physicsprof - October 19, 2010 at 6:47 pm
I do not think the ban is challenged on the basis of any federal law, including two recent SCOTUS decisions, it is state law issue.