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70sEraVet

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4. While looking up info on this, I came across an item that struck me as odd
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 08:34 AM
Sep 2025
Students at the University of Utah are also permitted under the law to have a firearm inside their vehicle and dorm room. Students who do not wish to room with another student who has a firearm are required to request a room change, per the university's guidelines.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/a-utah-law-revised-in-may-allows-anyone-older-than-18-to-open-carry-firearms-on-college-campuses/ar-AA1MjaqO?ocid=BingNewsSerp

It seems that, for Utah college students, there is greater freedom for gun owners than there is for students who do not want to live with a gun owner!

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If only Charlie Kirk had had a gun yesterday, he'd still be alive, right? lastlib Sep 2025 #1
I prefer a well regulated militia .... BOSSHOG Sep 2025 #7
You're exactly right, of course. lastlib Sep 2025 #15
I gotcha fine and dandy My Friend BOSSHOG Sep 2025 #17
I believe he had armed security Johonny Sep 2025 #20
Looks like someone took advantage of one of their short sited decisions. Omnipresent Sep 2025 #2
Unbelievable surfered Sep 2025 #3
While looking up info on this, I came across an item that struck me as odd 70sEraVet Sep 2025 #4
"Yes, open carry is legal on Utah college campuses: Breaking down Utah gun law after Charlie Kirk shooting" W_HAMILTON Sep 2025 #5
Nothing says a well regulated militia BOSSHOG Sep 2025 #18
Obviously, Utah Valley University is not a place of higher learning. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sep 2025 #6
They are learning the higher cost of BattleRow Sep 2025 #8
Where did you get this information? ChicagoTeamster Sep 2025 #9
Do you think that the assassin would not have acted if guns were not allowed on campus? totodeinhere Sep 2025 #13
I'm referring to the two weeks timeline. ChicagoTeamster Sep 2025 #14
LOL, 200 yards away on a college campus is, uh, still the college campus. W_HAMILTON Sep 2025 #16
Kirk has superseded remembrance of September 11.. BattleRow Sep 2025 #10
Utah another state I will never set foot in for my safety. kimbutgar Sep 2025 #11
oh, the irony Mr. Sparkle Sep 2025 #12
K&R UTUSN Sep 2025 #19
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