Colorado University-Boulder allows guns in some family housing units

(GunAuction) — The University of Colorado will not allow students to bring guns into the Boulder campus dorms this fall, though residents who have concealed-carry permits will be allowed to keep weapons in a limited number of family housing units, school officials announced.

CU also is banning permit holders from bringing guns to ticketed events, which includes everything from football games at Folsom Field to concerts at Macky Auditorium, said Bronson Hilliard, spokesman for the Boulder campus.

In March, the state Supreme Court ruled that CU cannot ban concealed-weapon permit holders from bringing their guns to the university's campuses, prompting officials at the Boulder campus this summer to review contractual agreements for students who live in the dorms and family housing units.

State law allows for those who are 21 or older, and who possess a concealed-carry permit, to carry a gun on campus. At Colorado State University, which has allowed for concealed-weapon permit holders to bring guns on its campuses, guns are not allowed in the dorms.

CU estimates that less than 1 percent of CU faculty members, staff members and students have concealed-carry permits. Only 4 percent of students living on campus are 21 or older.

DailyCamera.com (Boulder, CO)