I have a friend currently attending the University of Colorado in Boulder, here in Colorado (obviously) and she'd very much like me to attend a class with her one day, to see her marketing/advertising skills in play.
Where would I go about finding the legality of carrying my guns/knives/baton and other such items? I want to carry what I can as long as it's legal, but I don't know exactly where to ask.
I seem to recall that a college, being NOT a "public school", doesn't fall under the Federal ban on carrying firearms, but I can't remember more than that.
http://www.colorado.edu/police/help/weapons.html
This is convoluted and hard to understand: from my reading so far, it contradicts itself. One part says it's legal for me to carry with a CCW, one part says it's illegal.
EDIT: Ok, here goes... I've linked laws to where they're referred in the text.
Easy enough so far.
Tricky! 18-12-214 (3) states...
That only refers to public schools - which CU isn't.
So, I can't understand this. It SEEMS like it's legal since I have a CCW, but I cannot rightly tell.
Where would I go about finding the legality of carrying my guns/knives/baton and other such items? I want to carry what I can as long as it's legal, but I don't know exactly where to ask.
I seem to recall that a college, being NOT a "public school", doesn't fall under the Federal ban on carrying firearms, but I can't remember more than that.
http://www.colorado.edu/police/help/weapons.html
The Laws of the Regents and Colorado Revised Statute Title 18-12-105.5 make it unlawful to carry a concealed weapon and unlawful to possess a weapon while on the grounds of the University of Colorado.
This is convoluted and hard to understand: from my reading so far, it contradicts itself. One part says it's legal for me to carry with a CCW, one part says it's illegal.
EDIT: Ok, here goes... I've linked laws to where they're referred in the text.
18-12-105.5. Unlawfully carrying a weapon - unlawful possession of weapons - school, college, or university grounds.
(1) A person commits a class 6 felony if such person knowingly and unlawfully and without legal authority carries, brings, or has in such person's possession a deadly weapon as defined in section 18-1-901 (3) (e) in or on the real estate and all improvements erected thereon of any public or private elementary, middle, junior high, high, or vocational school or any public or private college, university, or seminary, except for the purpose of presenting an authorized public demonstration or exhibition pursuant to instruction in conjunction with an organized school or class, for the purpose of carrying out the necessary duties and functions of an employee of an educational institution that require the use of a deadly weapon, or for the purpose of participation in an authorized extracurricular activity or on an athletic team.
Easy enough so far.
18-12-108. Possession of weapons by previous offenders.
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(3) It shall not be an offense under this section if:
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(d.5) The weapon involved was a handgun and the person held a valid permit to carry a concealed handgun or a temporary emergency permit issued pursuant to part 2 of this article; except that it shall be an offense under this section if the person was carrying a concealed handgun in violation of the provisions of section 18-12-214 (3)
Tricky! 18-12-214 (3) states...
18-12-214. Authority granted by permit - carrying restrictions.
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(3) A permit issued pursuant to this part 2 does not authorize a person to carry a concealed handgun onto the real property, or into any improvements erected thereon, of a public elementary, middle, junior high, or high school; except that:
(a) A permittee may have a handgun on the real property of the public school so long as the handgun remains in his or her vehicle and, if the permittee is not in the vehicle, the handgun is in a compartment within the vehicle and the vehicle is locked.
(b) A permittee who is employed or retained by contract by a school district as a school security officer may carry a concealed handgun onto the real property, or into any improvement erected thereon, of a public elementary, middle, junior high, or high school while the permittee is on duty.
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(4) A permit issued pursuant to this part 2 does not authorize a person to carry a concealed handgun into a public building at which:
(a) Security personnel and electronic weapons screening devices are permanently in place at each entrance to the building;
That only refers to public schools - which CU isn't.
So, I can't understand this. It SEEMS like it's legal since I have a CCW, but I cannot rightly tell.
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