TALLAHASSEE – An appeals court ruled today that state universities are allowed to ban students from having guns in their dorm rooms.
The ruling comes at a critical time: The Republican-controlled Legislature is already considering bills that would allow concealed permit owners to bring their guns onto campus.
In a lengthy ruling, The 1st District Court of Appeal upheld an earlier trial court ruling siding with the University of Florida against a gun rights group. Florida Carry first sued the Gainesville-based university over the ban in 2014
