Regents of the University of Colorado v. Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, LLC
Supreme Court of Colorado · No. 10SC344 · 271 P.3d 496
👍Favorable to gun rights
held the state concealed carry statute preempts the campus gun ban and revived the challenge
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What the court held
Concealed-carry permit holders and a student group challenged the University of Colorado Board of Regents' policy barring firearms on campus, and the trial court dismissed the suit. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the court of appeals' reversal, holding that the Concealed Carry Act's statewide purpose, broad language, and narrow exclusions divested the Board of authority to regulate concealed handgun possession on campus, so the plaintiffs stated a claim. Having decided the case on statutory grounds, the court did not reach the state constitutional right-to-bear-arms claim.
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What this case is about
university policy prohibiting possession of firearms on campus
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Key Dates
- 2012-03-05 — Decided
Sources
- CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-08
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