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Open Carried a rifle at GMU

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nova wrote:
2009-011124 / Suspicious Event. Officers dispatched to the report of a person carrying a rifle into a dormitory. Investigation revealed the student was carrying a pellet rifle into his room in violation of University Policy. No crime was committed, and the weapon was secured by police. (22/Barton)
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oops.

Glad it wasn't me! :p
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WTF! If no crime was committed WHY WAS THE WEAPON SECURED BY POLICE?!?!
 
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simmonsjoe wrote:
nova wrote:
2009-011124 / Suspicious Event. Officers dispatched to the report of a person carrying a rifle into a dormitory. Investigation revealed the student was carrying a pellet rifle into his room in violation of University Policy. No crime was committed, and the weapon was secured by police. (22/Barton)
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oops.

Glad it wasn't me! :p
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WTF! If no crime was committed WHY WAS THE WEAPON SECURED BY POLICE?!?!
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A pellet gun isn't a "WEAPON" either!
 
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simmonsjoe wrote:
nova wrote:
2009-011124 / Suspicious Event. Officers dispatched to the report of a person carrying a rifle into a dormitory. Investigation revealed the student was carrying a pellet rifle into his room in violation of University Policy. No crime was committed, and the weapon was secured by police. (22/Barton)
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oops.

Glad it wasn't me! :p
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WTF! If no crime was committed WHY WAS THE WEAPON SECURED BY POLICE?!?!
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student was carrying a pellet rifle into his room in violation of University Policy.

Note it did not say that the student objected either.

Yata hey
 
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The student probably surrendered the pellet gun in hopes of not facing disciplinary action. I haven't heard anything about this so maybe they never bothered to follow through with it. If he/she was expelled for bringing a pellet gun in their dorm it probably would have made the news, at least a short blurb.

At least GMU PD knows the law well enough to not making anything of it. As I've said previously I've OC'd around GMU and passed numerous officers and they don't even look twice. They regularly patrol the surrounding roads and shopping centers around mason including the City of Fairfax just north of campus.

Does anyone know if university police are empowered to enforce university policy that is not law nor in the administrative code?
 
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nova wrote:
The student probably surrendered the pellet gun in hopes of not facing disciplinary action. I haven't heard anything about this so maybe they never bothered to follow through with it. If he/she was expelled for bringing a pellet gun in their dorm it probably would have made the news, at least a short blurb.

At least GMU PD knows the law well enough to not making anything of it. As I've said previously I've OC'd around GMU and passed numerous officers and they don't even look twice. They regularly patrol the surrounding roads and shopping centers around mason including the City of Fairfax just north of campus.

Does anyone know if university police are empowered to enforce university policy that is not law nor in the administrative code?
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It is in the administrative code of most universities.
 
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