Dive Brief:
- A gun-rights group is suing to compel the University of Florida to permit guns in student residences after it won a court victory last month allowing students to keep firearms in their parked cars.
- An official with Florida Carry, the group suing to expand where guns are allowed at colleges, says the right to bear arms is most acute in a person's home and so banning guns from dorms is wrong.
- The police chief at Florida State University said that he and most law officers on college campuses are against allowing guns on campus.
Dive Insight:
In last month's decision, Florida Carry won an appeal after a circuit court handed a victory to the university. At the time, Democrats had introduced bills to allow cities and counties to adopt gun regulations, but they did not appear to attract widespread support.