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暗网禁区 75 faculty, staff and students shared concerns about concealed carry policies and how the university communicates them in a town hall meeting in the UMC鈥檚 Aspen Room Wednesday afternoon.听

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CU-Boulder officials including Chancellor DiStefano, Provost Moore, Managing Senior Associate Counsel John Sleeman, Commander Robert Axmacher from the CU Police Department and the Chancellor鈥檚 Chief of Staff Catherine Shea listened to questions and entertained a community discussion on how Colorado鈥檚 concealed carry law applies to CU-Boulder.听

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Sleeman opened the event with an explanation that CU-Boulder鈥檚 legal position 鈥� until a ruling last March by the Colorado Supreme Court 鈥� was that Colorado鈥檚 concealed carry provisions did not apply to CU-Boulder specifically as the university wasn鈥檛 specifically mentioned in the concealed carry act.听

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He said University of Colorado lost on that point in March, with the court holding that the law did apply to CU鈥檚 campuses and that the Board of Regents did not have the power to set policies at odds with it.听

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He explained that under the law, individuals may not brandish or 鈥渦se their weapon to intimidate any one,鈥� but that faculty could not eject someone from the classroom or take other actions against them simply due to the fear such individuals might have a concealed weapon.

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鈥淭he bottom line for the campus is always the safety of our students, faculty and our staff, our goal is to make sure the university can carry out is mission of research, teaching and service in a safe manner that is in accordance with the law,鈥� said Sleeman.

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The forum then opened to questions for the administrators present.

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A woman who identified herself as a CU professor challenged Sleeman on why the contractual arrangement with students that forbids concealed-carry weapons in undergraduate housing, football games or performance venues at CU-Boulder cannot be applied to classrooms or faculty offices.听

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She asked whether or not she could issue tickets to students to be admitted to her office or classroom under the condition that ticket-holders not carry a gun into those spaces.

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Sleeman reiterated that the only place where this would apply would be ticketed events and in university housing.听

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鈥淭hose are individual transactions with students and it鈥檚 a different situation. At this point, it鈥檚 the university鈥檚 position that this would not be appropriate. . . this is one of the challenges of the law 鈥� you have to draw the line somewhere, and this is where we鈥檝e drawn it,鈥� said Sleeman.听

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At the close of the meeting, she raised the issue again, saying she wasn鈥檛 persuaded by CU鈥檚 arguments.

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鈥淚 would like an explanation and I haven鈥檛 heard one today,鈥� she said.听

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Many students in the crowd expressed support for the ruling and debated with faculty and others in the group, saying that concealed carry permit holders were the least likely to commit a gun crime and that faculty were over-reacting to the possibilities of having concealed carry permit-holders in their classes.听

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One student who identified himself as a concealed carry permit-holder asked if CU-Boulder had any statistics on concealed carry permit holders committing crimes on campus at CU-Boulder or elsewhere.听

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UCPD Commander Axmacher answered he was not aware of any crime being committed by a concealed carry permit-holder at CU-Boulder.听

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At least three students said they felt stigmatized by the communications issued by the campus earlier this semester explaining how CU-Boulder would implement the court鈥檚 ruling. They said the communications appeared to be hostile to concealed carry permit holders and were apologetic about having to implement the law.听

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In responding to questions, CU officials clarified other points:听