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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The state Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the University of Michigan can ban guns on its campus. It’s a decision that is sure to add fuel to the fire surrounding the intersection between gun rights and campus safety.
The appeals court was divided on the issue on whether the university can constitutionally ban guns with two of three justices saying the university was a so-called “sensitive place” where Second Amendment protections don’t apply.
But gun rights advocates reject the idea that there are any exemptions to the right to carry a firearm.
“To have an entire chunk of the state removed from an area where people are permitted to defend themselves and defend their families is pretty significant,” said Dean Greenblatt, an attorney for Michigan Open Carry. He wasn’t the attorney in this case.
Joshua Wade, who isn’t a student at Michigan but lives in Ann Arbor, said he sometimes likes to walk around campus and believes he should be able to do so with his gun.
Since 2001, the university has banned guns on campus — so Wade sued.
Friday, two of three justices said the school did not violate the Constitution or state law.
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