Originally Posted by
Divegeek
And there is a section that kills any chance of getting to carry on university campuses: "(10) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION PROHIBITS A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY THAT HAS THE AUTONOMOUS AUTHORITY UNDER THE STATE CONSTITUTION OF 1963 TO ENACT AND ENFORCE AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE POSSESSION, CARRYING, USE, OR TRANSPORTATION OF A PISTOL FROM ENACTING OR ENFORCING SUCH AN ORDINANCE."
This is far bigger concern for me than anything else.
I don't really want to "throw open carry under the bus", but without this prohibition, the bill would strength gun rights on school grounds. By making a specific preemption carve-out to permit primary and secondary schools to regulate STUDENT possession of firearms (which, are highly unlikely to have a CPL anyway, being the only class of students over 21, are likely severely handicap enough that they don't have gun rights anyway), that gives the clear implication that all other schools and classes of people at schools, cannot be subjected to additional regulations.
But then inserting the line you quoted... Well, now you just severely restricted gun rights on campus. That means not just carry, but people passing through. Now, MSU could literally, arrest people for driving through campus while carrying under a CPL. Or, they could choose to make it a crime to have a firearm on campus at all; just having a long gun properly stored for transport, in your truck could get you arrest. This section is absolutely ludicrous. Without it, I view this bill as a win; sure, it would cost a little extra, but preemption would be further solidified and carry rights essentially, expanded. But with it, not only is it a massive loss of rights, but it turns the state into a patchwork of differing laws.