When it comes to guns, at Virginia Tech, policy says no one is supposed to have them on campus, permit or not.
But, in response to a question about gun policy at the University of Virginia, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli handed down an opinion this week that campus policy banning weapons is not enforceable by law.
This means, according to Cuccinelli, a policy like Virginia Tech’s only applies to students, faculty and administration, not all people who come onto campus.
“What we will do now is initiate implementation of those policies under the state regulation process and so what we'll end up with is is an agency regulation as opposed to an agency policy,” said Larry Hincker, head of University Relations at Virginia Tech.
Hincker says he looked further into the opinion by Cuccinelli, and says it is a matter of simply changing policy, into regulation. As for the actual language of the policy, Hincker says it probably won’t change.
It will be reviewed but Virginia Tech believes the current policy, is specific enough to include everyone who comes to campus and similar to the regulation at George Mason University.
Cuccinelli had this to say about GMU:
“The regulation is tailored, restricting weapons only in those places where people congregate and are most vulnerable - inside campus buildings and at campus events."
The attorney general believes UVA’s policy is too broad, banning guns in all areas on campus, but officials at Virginia Tech say despite the violence that has occurred on campus, their rules have always been the same.
“Our policy and position has been the same both before and after 2007. Guns don't belong in dormitories, guns don't belong in classrooms,” said Hincker.
University officials at Virginia Tech will meet with its Board of Visitors to change policy to regulation in order to keep guns off campus, especially areas frequented by students, faculty members, and administrators.
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