Colorado State University now a no CCW college

[ericire12]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/us/05brfs-UNIVERSITYVO_BRF.html?_r=1

The Board of Governors at Colorado State University voted 7 to 0 to ban guns from its campuses in Fort Collins and Pueblo, a decision that pitted faculty members against students demanding to exercise their right to carry guns. Guns had been banned at the University of Colorado, but Colorado State had followed a state law that allows a person to carry a concealed weapon as long he or she has a permit. Neighboring Utah allows concealed weapons on state property, and a court has ruled that colleges are not excepted. A Colorado faculty group said the ban would make the campuses safer, but a student, Brady Allen, 25, told the board that fear of an accidental discharge from a concealed weapon was not a good reason to ban guns. “You might as well ban everything that has a potential risk — cars, alcohol and sports,” said Mr. Allen, a history student and a former Marine. Gun rights advocates say campus bans make students vulnerable to attacks. In 2007, a gunman at Virginia Tech killed 32 people and wounded 23 before killing himself. The university board’s vote instructs the presidents of both campuses to submit a weapons plan by February.

[fightingquaker13]

Idiots! I am uncomfortable allowing them in undergrad dorms, but otherwise it should be treated like any other public place. This is doubly true since its a state school. A private school can set its own rules, but a government school should have to follow the law.
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[JC5123]

Idiots! I am uncomfortable allowing them in undergrad dorms, but otherwise it should be treated like any other public place. This is doubly true since its a state school. A private school can set its own rules, but a government school should have to follow the law.
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You're forgetting who the government consists of.    They will fully support CSU's decision here.

[Hazcat]

Can the Board over rule a State law?

[JC5123]

Can the Board over rule a State law?

Of course they can Haz. "It's for the children."  When I was in school, we had hunters safety and shooting classes. IN SCHOOL! Kids were taught how to be safe, and how to use a weapon. I remember shooting air guns in the basement gym. A lot of things have changed. Zero tolerance has become an excuse for Zero INTELLIGENCE.

I'm going to stop there. I feel my blood pressure going up......

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[garand4life]

Being a STATE university shouldn't the state have the ultimate say so? CSU and University of Colorado are operated by people who openly despise the constitution. Colorado is no friend of the 2nd but at least they make some attempt to uphold the law as written.

[tombogan03884]

 Publicly funded entities are just like cities and towns, they must abide by the laws of the financing authority.
By the same token, a PRO gun school could not legally ALLOW CCW in a non CCW state.

[shooter32]

I knew CU passed this, but was kind of surprised CSU did. 

[Rob10ring]

We've been looking at other states to escape to and we keep getting told that Colorado is becoming more liberal, or "purple". Is this true?

[fightingquaker13]

We've been looking at other states to escape to and we keep getting told that Colorado is becoming more liberal, or "purple". Is this true?

Actually, I'm going to rely on a student, who did one Hell of a job on his senior thesis here. Normally, I am not a fan of ststistial analysis in my field, where the answer is alwas 47, but this kid was damn sharp and called the '08 election in '06. He looked at the rate of you people (Kalifornians) moving into Co., Hispanic migration, the increase in the youth vote as percentage since 2000, and the uptick in latino voting  rates and basically called Co. marginally Democratic after a county by county level analysis based on census data and ten years of election returns. A great job by a twenty year old kid and I ain't going to argue.
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