Colo. Supreme Court To Hear CU Gun Ban Case

The Colorado Supreme Court will hear arguments on the legality of the University of Colorado’s campuswide firearms ban, the court’s justices announced Monday.

In June, the CU Board of Regents voted 5-4 to appeal to the state’s highest court in an effort to overturn a Colorado Court of Appeals decision that CU violated state law by banning concealed weapons from its campuses.

CU has banned concealed weapons on campus since 1994, with an exception for law enforcement. The ban applies at campuses in Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs.

Officials for both the university and its opposition in the case, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus LLC, said they hope the seven justices provide clarification.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for the Supreme Court to clarify the law in this area, and I think the Court of Appeals’ decision was well-reasoned,” said Jim Manley, a Mountain States Legal Foundation attorney who is representing the Students for Concealed Carry on Campus group.-[source]