Kansas College Campuses to Allow Concealed Carry

INJOStarting Saturday, July 1, concealed carry will be allowed for people 21 and older on Kansas college campuses. For four years, colleges and universities have been an exception to the state's 2013 Personal and Family Protection Act, which gave citizens the right to carry a gun in public without a concealed carry license.

According to The Wichita Eagle, this policy will apply to colleges governed by the Kansas Board of Regents, including Wichita State University, University of Kansas, Kansas State University, and community and junior colleges. Wichita State University started preparing for the law to take effect during the last year of the four-year delay period, according to KAKE. Signs on building entrances prohibiting guns are being changed, specifying “the open carrying of firearms in this building is prohibited.”

In addition to forbidding the open carry of firearms, WSU's weapons policy, which goes into effect on July 1, prohibits “possession of other weapons” on campus. It differentiates “handguns” from the broader term, “weapons,” and lists things such as other firearms, explosives, and switchblade knives among the latter. None of the buildings on campus have been designated as permanently gun-free, but the university may at its discretion designate an on-campus building temporarily gun-free with appropriate signage and “adequate security measures,” defined as the use of electronic equipment and armed personnel to detect weapons.

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