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No Takers for Gun-Friendly Dorms at UC Boulder

by KREX News Room
by Associated Press

Story Created: Nov 26, 2012 at 12:39 AM MDT

Story Updated: Nov 26, 2012 at 12:40 AM MDT

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -Colorado's new segregated "gun dorms'' for students with valid concealed-carry permits have attracted zero students.

The Daily Camera newspaper reports that since the University of Colorado's Boulder and Colorado Springs campuses began segregating dorms for students with valid concealed-carry permits this year, not a single student has asked to live where guns are allowed (http://bit.ly/TlAN0N ).

On Aug. 16, CU announced it would establish residential areas for students over age 21 with a permit to hold a concealed handgun. In all other dormitories, guns are banned.

Gun rights activists say the lack of students seeking ``gun dorms'' could be because students who carry concealed weapons don't want to move.

Students with permits who choose to live in an unapproved dorm aren't allowed to have their weapons in their rooms.

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judy collins said on Monday, Nov 26 at 3:36 PM

Pretty amazing, probably the safest place to be.

navdan said on Monday, Nov 26 at 6:58 PM

I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that the students with concealed carry permits, who must be 21 and over, are college juniors and seniors that probably don't live in dorms anymore. Maybe that was an intellectually logical step too far for the KREX News Room...

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