2/10/10

RMGO Tells CSU What's Up

Over at Sensibly Progressive, there's a video of members of the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners holding a press conference on CSU campus, discussing the proposed weapons ban.  They do an alright job of framing the issue, but I feel that their presentation would have been more powerful if they had read the relevant part of the law.

18-12-214. Authority granted by permit - carrying restrictions.
(1) (a) A PERMIT TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN AUTHORIZES THE
PERMITTEE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN IN ALL AREAS OF THE STATE,
EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY LIMITED IN THIS SECTION. A PERMIT DOES NOT
AUTHORIZE THE PERMITTEE TO USE A HANDGUN IN A MANNER THAT WOULD
VIOLATE A PROVISION OF STATE LAW. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOT
HAVE AUTHORITY TO ADOPT OR ENFORCE AN ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION
THAT WOULD CONFLICT WITH ANY PROVISION OF THIS PART 2.
 (4) A PERMIT ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS PART 2 DOES NOT AUTHORIZE
A PERSON TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN INTO A PUBLIC BUILDING AT
WHICH:
(a) SECURITY PERSONNEL AND ELECTRONIC WEAPONS SCREENING
DEVICES ARE PERMANENTLY IN PLACE AT EACH ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING;
(b) SECURITY PERSONNEL ELECTRONICALLY SCREEN EACH PERSON
WHO ENTERS THE BUILDING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PERSON IS
CARRYING A WEAPON OF ANY KIND; AND
(c) SECURITY PERSONNEL REQUIRE EACH PERSON WHO IS CARRYING
A WEAPON OF ANY KIND TO LEAVE THE WEAPON IN POSSESSION OF SECURITY
PERSONNEL WHILE THE PERSON IS IN THE BUILDING.
(5) NOTHING IN THIS PART 2 SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT,
RESTRICT, OR PROHIBIT IN ANY MANNER THE EXISTING RIGHTS OF A PRIVATE
PROPERTY OWNER, PRIVATE TENANT, PRIVATE EMPLOYER, OR PRIVATE
BUSINESS ENTITY.
CSU is a public university.  This should make it cut and dry.  Unfortunately, there is some precedent which might allow CSU to implement their gun ban.  In May of last year a judge dismissed a lawsuit attempting to overturn a similar gun ban at Colorado University.  It was ruled that the CU Board of Regents was not a local government.  It would stand to reason that if CSU enacts their policy and RMGO files a suit, the suit will hinge on whether the CSU Board of Governors are a local government or an entity with statewide legislative powers like the CU Board of Regents.  Hopefully in the end, the rights of the CSU students, faculty, and staff will not be trampled.

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