CU-Boulder professor: Class done if students carry guns
The state Supreme Court has made it clear that the University of Colorado can’t stop students with concealed-carry permits from bringing their guns to campus. But the chairman of the Boulder Faculty Assembly says if he ever discovers that any of his students are armed, class is over.
CU physics professor Jerry Peterson — speaking for himself Monday, not the faculty group he leads — said he wants his students to feel safe to engage in classroom discussions that could be controversial.
“My own personal policy in my classes is if I am aware that there is a firearm in the class — registered or unregistered, concealed or unconcealed — the class session is immediately canceled,” Peterson said. “I want my students to feel unconstrained in their discussions.”
The Boulder Faculty Assembly has not taken an official stance on the campus’s new gun rules, Peterson noted.
In March, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled against CU, saying the school cannot ban concealed-weapon permit holders from bringing their guns to the university’s campuses.