Update 3:35 p.m.
DENVER (AP) -- The Colorado Court of Appeals heard arguments in a lawsuit by a gun rights organization challenging the University of Colorado's ban on guns on three campuses.
Attorney Jim Manley, representing Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, argued Tuesday that a 1994 CU policy banning concealed weapons from its campus violates state gun laws. CU attorney Patrick O'Rourke argued the law does not apply because CU is a state institution, allowed to regulate its property.
A decision from the Court of Appeals is expected within six weeks. The case was thrown out of El Paso County District Court in May 2009.
Many college campuses nationwide ban concealed weapons, but gun-rights advocates say gun-free campuses make students vulnerable to attack.
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Original story at 6:37 am. March 23
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Court of Appeals will hear arguments in a lawsuit by a gun rights organization challenging the University of Colorado's ban on guns on campus.
The Students for Concealed Carry on Campus will appear Tuesday to argue that a 1994 CU policy banning concealed weapons from its campus violates state gun laws.
El Paso County District Judge G. David Miller threw the case out of court in May 2009. A decision from the Court of Appeals is expected within six weeks.
Miller said in his ruling he found nothing in the state constitution that would prohibit a campus gun ban. Many college campuses nationwide ban concealed weapons, but gun-rights advocates say gun-free campuses make students vulnerable to attack.
(Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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