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Wesboro Baptist idiots are headed to GMU tomorrow morning

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I don't know if it's going to be ON the campus, but I'm fairly certain that I can - even if it's on campus [i'm not a student there, BTW], I just want to make sure. Thanks all.
 
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tsannicolas wrote:
I don't know if it's going to be ON the campus, but I'm fairly certain that I can - even if it's on campus [i'm not a student there, BTW], I just want to make sure. Thanks all.
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George Mason University (8VAC35-60-20. Possession of weapons prohibited.)

"Possession or carrying of any weapon by any person, except a police officer, is prohibited on university property in academic buildings, administrative office buildings, student residence buildings, and while attending sporting, entertainment or educational events. Entry upon the aforementioned university property in violation of this prohibition is expressly forbidden.


Statutory Authority
§23-91.29 of the Code of Virginia."



See Also: George Mason University v. Floyd, __, Va. __ S.E.2d __,__ (2008). " The primary goal of every university is to educate, not regulate, its students."



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ed wrote:
tsannicolas wrote:
I don't know if it's going to be ON the campus, but I'm fairly certain that I can - even if it's on campus [i'm not a student there, BTW], I just want to make sure. Thanks all.
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George Mason University (8VAC35-60-20. Possession of weapons prohibited.)

"Possession or carrying of any weapon by any person, except a police officer, is prohibited on university property in academic buildings, administrative office buildings, student residence buildings, and while attending sporting, entertainment or educational events. Entry upon the aforementioned university property in violation of this prohibition is expressly forbidden.


Statutory Authority
§23-91.29 of the Code of Virginia."



See Also: George Mason University v. Floyd, __, Va. __ S.E.2d __,__ (2008). " The primary goal of every university is to educate, not regulate, its students."



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guess i'm not going, then
 
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tsannicolas wrote:
SNIP guess i'm not going, then
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You could send them a nice note telling them that you would be more than happy to support the school, IF it ever decided to act like its namesake. But, since they like infringing your rights, you'll just hang out and watch them take some heat.
 
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tsannicolas wrote:
SNIP guess i'm not going, then
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You could send them a nice note telling them that you would be more than happy to support the school, IF it ever decided to act like its namesake. But, since they like infringing your rights, you'll just hang out and watch them take some heat.
 
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tsannicolas wrote:
ed wrote:
tsannicolas wrote:
I don't know if it's going to be ON the campus, but I'm fairly certain that I can - even if it's on campus [i'm not a student there, BTW], I just want to make sure. Thanks all.
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George Mason University (8VAC35-60-20. Possession of weapons prohibited.)

"Possession or carrying of any weapon by any person, except a police officer, is prohibited on university property in academic buildings, administrative office buildings, student residence buildings, and while attending sporting, entertainment or educational events. Entry upon the aforementioned university property in violation of this prohibition is expressly forbidden.


Statutory Authority
§23-91.29 of the Code of Virginia."



See Also: George Mason University v. Floyd, __, Va. __ S.E.2d __,__ (2008). " The primary goal of every university is to educate, not regulate, its students."



More on this at: http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum54/16358.html
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guess i'm not going, then
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http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum54/23177.html
 
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I was under the impression that VA universities can only expell or tell you to leave
if you carry a gun on campus. not a serious thing if you're not a student.
 
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chrsjhnsn wrote:
I was under the impression that VA universities can only expell or tell you to leave
if you carry a gun on campus. not a serious thing if you're not a student.
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This is true for the most part, but the previously referenced code section is in the Virginia Administrative Code. I know that VCU is in there too, not sure about other universities.
 
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Gotta read the code before you conclude what the consequences are for violating it.

These are regulations written by the school. Violating these regulations are not a crime. It's not a misdemeanor or a felony to be present on the GMU (or VCU) campus while armed, as far as I can tell.

That said, their police can tell you to leave if they notice you're armed. If you refuse, that's a completely different situation, and not at all related to the quoted portion of the VAC. I don't personally have the resources to fight that fight, so avoiding the situation makes sense.

On the other hand, I'm not at all concerned about losing my right to own/carry a firearm because I'm on the GMU campus with a gun. It's very, very different from being armed in a courthouse or a K-12 school.
 
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exactly my point texas n
in NV a casino can ask you to leave if you're armed.
if you don't THEN you get in trouble.
so if your caught packing, if they ask you to leave, leave and have a nice day
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anyway, I think those westboro creeps just need to get the snot kicked out of them.
thats why they left Reno real quick, they got roughed up.
somehow the cops did not see it, (wink wink)
they complained but were informed that the police can not guarantee anyone's safety.

They hope for officially being told they can't protest, then collect the payouts when the have a lawsuit.
 
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TexasNative wrote:
Gotta read the code before you conclude what the consequences are for violating it.

These are regulations written by the school. Violating these regulations are not a crime. It's not a misdemeanor or a felony to be present on the GMU (or VCU) campus while armed, as far as I can tell.

That said, their police can tell you to leave if they notice you're armed. If you refuse, that's a completely different situation, and not at all related to the quoted portion of the VAC. I don't personally have the resources to fight that fight, so avoiding the situation makes sense.

On the other hand, I'm not at all concerned about losing my right to own/carry a firearm because I'm on the GMU campus with a gun. It's very, very different from being armed in a courthouse or a K-12 school.
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How can they ask you to leave? It's public property and you're not a student that is under administrative rule..... This really needs to get settled once and for all.
 
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Neplusultra wrote:
TexasNative wrote:
Gotta read the code before you conclude what the consequences are for violating it.

These are regulations written by the school. Violating these regulations are not a crime. It's not a misdemeanor or a felony to be present on the GMU (or VCU) campus while armed, as far as I can tell.

That said, their police can tell you to leave if they notice you're armed. If you refuse, that's a completely different situation, and not at all related to the quoted portion of the VAC. I don't personally have the resources to fight that fight, so avoiding the situation makes sense.

On the other hand, I'm not at all concerned about losing my right to own/carry a firearm because I'm on the GMU campus with a gun. It's very, very different from being armed in a courthouse or a K-12 school.
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How can they ask you to leave? It's public property and you're not a student that is under administrative rule..... This really needs to get settled once and for all.
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Because universities are so special they can get away with it.

It will be settled soon enough, lets hope it goes in our favor.
 
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