Posted on 09/09/2015 11:58:31 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A Florida State University student who wants to bring her gun to this weekend's football game sued the school Tuesday over a policy that bans concealed-weapons holders from locking their firearms in their cars while in the stadium cheering on their team.
The suit was filed by gun rights group Florida Carry on behalf of Rebekah Hargrove, who also wants to drive to campus for classes without violating the school's policy banning firearms in parking lots.
"This newest prohibition they put on their game day plan was such a blatant violation of state law,'' said Florida Carry executive director Sean Caranna. "The law always allows this, but the problem is that we have a university saying people will be arrested for violating an illegal policy.''
The group is seeking an injunction before this Saturday's game against the University of South Florida at Doak Campbell Stadium. More than 80,000 people typically attend Seminoles football games. While Florida law allows permitted people to keep guns in their cars, schools are among the exception to the law.
The Legislature has considered but failed to pass bills the past two years that would allow students with concealed weapons permits to keep guns on campus. University President John Thrasher is a former senator who opposed the idea of allowing guns on campus while serving in the Legislature.
Florida State is also the site of a 2014 shooting in which a mentally ill gunman wounded three students at a university library before police fatally shot him. Some gun-rights advocates have used the event to argue for guns on campus, while opponents have cited the case as a reason to ban them.
University spokeswoman Browning Brooks said the school doesn't comment on pending lawsuits.
Florida Carry also has sued the University of Florida over similar policies.
How are they going to know? Who cares what their policy is?
Because thanks to the War on Drugs the 4th amendment is dead and the cops can search your car anytime they want, they simply have to excite a dog.
The policy would be important to you if it might get you expelled while trying to complete your degree.
Better to get this nonsense rescinded before you find yourself having to fight it after they've punished you.
Wrong, they can ask you to search and you can say no. They then have to get a judge signed warrant. A dog alert is not enough to do a warrant-less search, people that allow it are grossly misinformed.
Exactly.
I asked her how they enforce it and she said "What do you mean?"
I said one, you don't have my permission to search my vehicle and two, you don't have the authority.
Dirty looks all around....
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