CCW and college - discussion with a friend of mine

[dru]

The other day a friend of mine were talking about a whole slew of things and the subject came around to the Fort Hood shooting and V. Tech shooting a few years back. He said that he thoguht prohibiting carry on campus was stupid (agree with him there) but that for all intents and purposes, the law prohibiting carry on a college campus didn't really have any teeth (don't agree with him there). I told him he was full of crap and that if caught (with or without a CWL) he would be in mucho trouble and find out there was a lot of teeth behind the law. He disagreed so I told him I would look it up and we made a bet on it

Here are the only relevant sections I have been able to find:

O.S. 21 section 1277, subsection C:
Any person violating the provisions of subsection A of this section
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine
not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). Any person
convicted of violating the provisions of this section may be liable for an
administrative fine of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) upon a
hearing and determination by the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation that the person is in violation of the provisions of this
section.

O.S. 21 section 1277 subsection D paragraph 3:
The college or university may notify the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation within ten (10) days of a violation of any provision of this
subsection by a licensee. Upon receipt of a written notification of violation, the Bureau shall give a reasonable notice to the licensee and hold a hearing. At the hearing upon a determination that the licensee has violated any provision of this subsection, the licensee may be subject to an administrative fine of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) and may have the concealed handgun license suspended for three (3) months.

So what I'm getting from this is that all in all, you are looking at:

a misdeameanor
two seperate $250 fines
a 3 month CWL suspension

This doesn't really seem to be that severe. Surely I'm missing something here. Are there any other pertinent federal/state laws that come into play?

Help (me win my bet)!

 

[skyydiver]

Bout right. Oh, and probably ending your college carrer, at least at THAT school.

 

[NikatKimber]

Oh, and probably ending your college carrer, at least at THAT school.

This was the kicker for me while I was in school. Yes, minor legal repercussions, but it would mean that the tens of thousands I'd spent on my college education would be for naught. I didn't want to transfer to Utah or something for my last couple years either.

 

[dru]

thanks for your help guys. Sadly, it appears that I will be wearing an OSU shirt tonight...that was the bet We were only focused on the legal/criminal consequences, although being expelled certainly is a bad thing as well. Hopefully I don't die from the disgust of wearing an OSU t-shirt

 

[Glock 'em down]

You can keep it in your car, but I would strongly suggest that you practice the "don't ask/don't tell" policy.

 

[dru]

You can keep it in your car, but I would strongly suggest that you practice the "don't ask/don't tell" policy.

Yeah we knew that we could at least keep it in the car. Its a little too late for the DA/DT policy. Just about everyone in my mba class knows that i have my CWL. I was the first one in the program to get it so of course i was jumping around and singing about it when classes started back up in august. There have been a few times where i wear a paddle holster (EMPTY) as a form of protest. That raised a few eyebrows over there but that was about it. I wouldn't be surprised if they have someone keeping tabs on things like that down there though lol.

 

[nephets0]

Yeah we knew that we could at least keep it in the car. Its a little too late for the DA/DT policy. Just about everyone in my mba class knows that i have my CWL. I was the first one in the program to get it so of course i was jumping around and singing about it when classes started back up in august. There have been a few times where i wear a paddle holster (EMPTY) as a form of protest. That raised a few eyebrows over there but that was about it. I wouldn't be surprised if they have someone keeping tabs on things like that down there though lol.

i have a bad habit of wearing my fletch holster in open view when i'm going to a place that i know prohibits ccw... course if its empty, then the stuffing is in the glove box... but at my work, they cant say chit about it..