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CSU reexamines gun policy
Abstract:
CSU and other schools across the nation were forced to reevaluate campus security after a lone gunman massacred 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus in April. But while many universities prohibit concealed firearms on campus as a measure of safety, CSU still allows those with permits to carry guns....
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Seth
posted 8/31/07 @ 9:49 PM MST
"[Residence halls] are not open to the public, and therefore subject to any policy CSU wishes to have concerning anything (including last year's censoring of pro-Amendment 44 postings)."
Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. All of CSU's policies, whether governing residence halls or public areas, must pass the same constitutional tests, one of which is that speech can not be restricted based on the content or the message. Government entities, including universities, can impose reasonable "time, place, and manner" restrictions in order to protect public safety, but, as long as speech doesn't incite people to "eminent lawless action" they cannot censor it because they do not agree with the message or the subject matter.
After the censorship of the pro-Amendment 44 flyers was made public, CSU came to recognize this (and the fact that it would lose if the policies were challenged in court), and changed its residence hall advertising policies accordingly.
The First Amendment applies to all of campus, and so does the Second Amendment.
Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. All of CSU's policies, whether governing residence halls or public areas, must pass the same constitutional tests, one of which is that speech can not be restricted based on the content or the message. Government entities, including universities, can impose reasonable "time, place, and manner" restrictions in order to protect public safety, but, as long as speech doesn't incite people to "eminent lawless action" they cannot censor it because they do not agree with the message or the subject matter.
After the censorship of the pro-Amendment 44 flyers was made public, CSU came to recognize this (and the fact that it would lose if the policies were challenged in court), and changed its residence hall advertising policies accordingly.
The First Amendment applies to all of campus, and so does the Second Amendment.
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Wendy
posted 8/30/07 @ 5:55 PM MST