The new state law allowing guns on school campuses does not apply to Ball State.
On Thursday, Gov. Mike Pence signed Senate Bill 229 into law, which allows legal gun owners to have their weapons in their vehicle on school property.
University spokesman Tony Proudfoot said the law will not change university policy.
“The university’s prohibition on weapons still stands,” Proudfoot said.
There is a provision in the law providing an exclusion to any property owned by a post-secondary institution.
The “university’s existing policy”: http://cms.bsu.edu/about/administrativeoffices/studentrights/policiesandprocedures/studentcode/appendixo states faculty, professional personnel, staff employees, students, visitors, guest and other people on university property are not permitted to have weapons on campus.
Sanctions and charges may be imposed on those found carrying a weapon by the university.
Exceptions to this policy are made for university authorized personnel or police.
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