LITTLE ROCK — A group formed to promote gun rights is asking the state Department of Higher Education to allow concealed-carry license holders to bring their guns onto college and university campuses.
Arkansas Carry sent a letter Monday to agency director Jim Purcell, arguing that schools in the state are improperly banning students from legally carrying their guns on campus. State law now bans concealed weapons from buildings and events on college campuses.
Arkansas Carry argues that licensed students who carry their guns in campus parking lots - but not into buildings - risk expulsion. The group says a 2003 attorney general's opinion allows the weapons on campus. But Purcell says that same opinion notes that colleges and universities can legally ban all concealed weapons from campus if signs are posted.