Senate kills bill to scrap campus gun rules

Posted on Friday, January 30, 2009

AP-SD-XGR--Campus Guns,0077

Eds: APNewsNow. Will be led. PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota state senators say public universities should be able to prevent students from carrying guns on campus. The Senate on Thursday voted 25-10 to kill a bill that would have prohibited public universities or technical schools from making any restrictions on firearms on their campuses. Supporters of SB82 said restrictions violate students' constitutional rights. Opponents said governing bodies of the campuses should be able to make reasonable restrictions for public safety.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

AP-NY-01-29-09 1646EST