It's theoretically your private employer's right to prohibit you from owning a handgun, or drinking at home, or smoking...but a state university is an agent of the government and cannot deprive you of your Constitutional rights. So in my opinion, 2nd amendment and Heller/McDonald apply...however, like other outrageous restrictions, it begs the question of "how are they going to find out"? Concealed means concealed (off campus in MO, of course).Soccerdad1995 wrote:I am not a fan of the nanny state nature of these wrong headed policies. But I do not know if this is a 2A violation.
The Bill of Rights gives us protection against government infringement on our rights. A private organization can revoke membership because they don't like the way that someone is exercising their rights, and that would not be protected. We commonly see this when someone is kicked out of an organization because they tweeted something that is politically incorrect, or insensitive, or whatever.
The issue here is that we are talking about a state institution. If it was a private University, I would say that they are within their rights to kick someone off the team, or even out of the school altogether, for exercising their first or second amendment rights. But a state University is a bit too close to a government organization for me to personally be OK with these arbitrary and biased restrictions on people's civil rights. Is it actually against the constitution? I have no idea. Should it be unconstitutional for a government run University? IMHO, yes.
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- Fri Sep 02, 2016 10:26 am
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