If that's an accurate summary, then it sounds like a pretty good bill to me. Private schools truly are like any other business. Sure, they get a lot of state funding, but don't most other businesses? Some get it in the form of tax breaks, others are able to apply for assistance for the state. I went to school on a state scholarship - does that mean I lost my private property rights for those five years simply because I received state assistance? How 'bout families that receive tax stamps, welfare, unemployment, HUD-assistance, etc. - should they be allowed to post 30.06 in their homes? Or do they have no private property rights since they receive gov't funding?hirundo82 wrote:As I understand it, the bill basically takes away the special status institutions of higher education have under the CHL laws.
Public institutions become like any other government facility--they cannot prohibit carry.
Private institutions become like any other private business--it is only against the law to carry there if they give proper 30.06 notice, but they can still fire (or expell) employees and students for carrying on their premises if they do not post (or give other 30.06 notice).
The NRA and others recently filed suit in San Francisco because the city had banned firearm ownership in publicly-funding housing (the PJ's). The ban was overturned on the grounds that providing the housing did not entitle the city to violate the citizen's private property rights. The issue of concealed carry on private campuses is no different except that in this case, property rights work against the pro-gunners rather than for us.
That said, I would like to see a provision that would allow students, faculty, guests, etc. to keep a firearm concealed in a vehicle without fear of disciple, expulsion, etc. (That is, something similar to the Parking Lot Bill.)