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Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 April 2008 10:26 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 22 April 2008 10:26
Two state representatives have informally asked Attorney General Larry Long to issue an opinion on the Board of Regents’ ban on firearms on the state’s six public university campuses.State Rep. Tom Brunner believes Long will respond and that the matter could be resolved this summer.
Brunner said that under a 2006 law, no state agencies can make rules concerning the right to carry guns. He says the issue is whether the Board of Regents can ban guns on its campuses.
Brunner and fellow Republican Rep. Michael Buckingham asked Long for an opinion.
“If this issue turns out the way I think it would, (further legislation) would be unnecessary,’’ Brunner said. “We are waiting for the attorney general’s interpretation or opinion of the whole issue.’’