04-20-2009, 08:47 AM
IIRC, concealed carry is only prohibited by law on VCU & (and I think) GMU campuses.
However, students are subject to academic regulations of the colleges.
The way this works, I believe, is that carrying a firearm on one of the above campuses is statutorily defined as trespassing. But I am not a lawyer, and I am especially not your lawyer.
edit: I was correct about GMU: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+reg+8VAC35-60-20">http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504 ... AC35-60-20</a><!-- m -->
However, students are subject to academic regulations of the colleges.
Roanoke Times Article Wrote:David Briggman, a resident of Keezletown in Rockingham County, has made it his personal mission to challenge state colleges' authority to enact tougher gun restrictions than the state.
Briggman, who is a former police officer, said he forced Blue Ridge Community College to allow him to carry a gun onto campus while a student. And he sued James Madison University over its ban on concealed weapons even among permit holders. While JMU's policy still stands, Briggman said he has been told by campus police officials that they will not arrest visitors who carry a gun legally.
from: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/xp-21770">http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/xp-21770</a><!-- m -->
The way this works, I believe, is that carrying a firearm on one of the above campuses is statutorily defined as trespassing. But I am not a lawyer, and I am especially not your lawyer.
edit: I was correct about GMU: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+reg+8VAC35-60-20">http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504 ... AC35-60-20</a><!-- m -->
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