LEXINGTON, Ky. — A bill to prevent Kentucky higher education institutions from banning guns on campus won approval from a legislative committee Tuesday.
The proposal from Rep. Savannah Maddox, R-Dry Ridge, would prohibit public colleges and universities in the commonwealth from preventing anyone over the age of 21 from carrying a concealed weapon on campus. Firearms are not currently allowed in these spaces.
As Maddox explained to the House Veterans, Military Affairs & Public Protection Committee on March 7, it would “remove the ability for a post-secondary institution to restrict the ability of law-abiding citizens to exercise their Second Amendment rights.”
