Sunday, August 26, 2012

Univ. of Colorado rebukes professor on concealed-carry gun rule



A professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder announced earlier this week that students who own guns under the state’s concealed-carry laws were prohibited from bringing them to his class.

But he was quickly rebuked by CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip DiStefano, who said such a request would violate state law.

In an e-mail to faculty, DiStefano wrote: “I have the utmost respect for Professor Peterson, who is an old friend and valued colleague, but I want to make clear that if the student carrying the weapon has a concealed-carry permit, the position implied by Professor Peterson’s comments directly violates Colorado law and the operating principles of the campus.”

Jerry Peterson is a physics professor and chair of the faculty assembly. Neither he nor the university responded to requests for comment.

Jim Manley, an attorney at the Mountain State Legal Foundation, commended the university for standing up for the law.

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2 comments:

  1. Every now and then a sensible person surfaces here in Colorado. And for one to be associated with a University is especially heart warming to an old cynic like me.

    Philip DiStefano for Governor, I say.

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  2. for one to be associated with a University is especially heart warming

    Me too.

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