Students for Concealed Carry Sues Ohio State University
(Columbus, Ohio) – July 7, 2014 - This week Students for Concealed Carry Foundation, Inc. filed a lawsuit in Franklin County Common Pleas Court challenging The Ohio State University’s authority to ban lawful possession of firearms by students, faculty, staff, and other affiliates on its campuses.
The group, joined by Ohioans for Concealed Carry, believes that Ohio State’s campus gun ban unlawfully infringes on fundamental Constitutional Rights. It also disarms students to and from campus, leaving them vulnerable to violent crime on their commute in what is historically a high crime area, the University District. While Ohio law permits a concealed handgun licensee to store a firearm in a motor vehicle on OSU’s campuses, a student could face administrative sanctions from the university including expulsion due to the certain provisions in the Student Code of Conduct.
Michael R. Moran, a Columbus attorney representing the groups, points out that expulsion from Ohio State for a firearms related incident carries severe consequences for a law-abiding student including an academic record blemish that “can virtually guarantee the disciplined student may never earn an accredited degree.”
Moran is joined by attorney Derek DeBrosse of Barney DeBrosse, LLC who stated “The Ohio Revised Code is clear that the legislature retains sole authority to regulate the possession of firearms.” He added that “Ohio State’s policies are in direct violation of the law.”
Their going to lose, there is no "regulation" going on for them to claim they are "regulating" fire arms and that authority is only reserved for the state.
Private property, their rules, their way or the HWY and they sent him packin (no pun intended).
Now if it comes out that it is public property somehow, then maybe.
I would say if it was private property, it could be regulated however they see fit. However since OSU is a state run school, id consider it public property, not private. In that case they should abide by state laws, which would allow CC on campus. Im guessing this is part of their argument. The university has not made a comment yet.
