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Liberty University OKs Handguns in Dorms Next Fall

Liberty University OKs Handguns in Dorms Next Fall
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Thursday, 28 April 2016 08:31 AM EDT

Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, will allow students with concealed handgun permits from the state to keep their weapons in their dorms beginning next fall.

The News & Advance reports those students would need permission from the school first. The guns would be kept in safes inside the residence halls at the private Christian university.

The policy change was given the go-ahead by the university's board of trustees last week.

University President Jerry Falwell Jr. announced last year that eligible students could carry guns anywhere on campus. Previously, students who qualified could carry guns anywhere except residence halls.

Liberty University has over 14,500 residential students. One requirement for having a concealed-carry permit is being 21 or older.

Falwell says he expects the change to affect few people since not many 21-year-old students live in dorms on campus.

 

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Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, will allow students with concealed handgun permits from the state to keep their weapons in their dorms beginning next fall.
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