A Boone County judge ruled Wednesday that the University of Missouri's prohibition of guns on campus does not conflict with state statute, but that claims the rule violates the state constitution deserve further scrutiny.
Circuit Judge Jeff Harris rejected the university's argument that the case should be dismissed "without engaging in strict scrutiny or another level of constitutional analysis" of the UM Board of Curators' rule barring guns on campus. Law professor Royce Barondes brought the suit against the curators in 2015, claiming the rule against guns on campus violates both a constitutional amendment voters approved in 2014 that enshrined a right to bear arms into the state constitution and a statute allowing state employees to have guns concealed in their vehicles while parked on state property.
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