Draft Rule Being Considered To Allow Concealed Carry At UW

The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees is expected to consider a draft rule allowing for the concealed carry of firearms at it's Nov. 20-22 meeting.

The proposed rule has not yet been published, but that is expected to happen on the board's website by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13 according to a UW news release.

Two Public Events To Discuss The Proposal Are Planned

The UW Firearms Research Center [FRC] Which is based at the UW College of Law, plans two public events to discuss the proposed rule.

The first is a webinar "featuring Vice President and General Counsel Tara Evans, UW Police Chief Josh Holland, Branding Iron Editor-in-Chief Ven Meester and FRC Director' George Mocsary, a law professor. This online event, moderated by FRC Executive Director Ashley Hlebinsky, will provide information about the content of the draft rule," according to the release.

That event is slated for Thursday, Nov. 14 at 12:30 p.m.

The FRC is also planning a town-hall meeting  Monday, Nov. 18, at 12:30 p.m. in the West Ballroom of the Wyoming Union. The release says ''Panelists include President Ed Seidel, Evans, Holland, Meester and Mocsary. The in-person event will be moderated by College of Business Assistant Professor Matt Burgess and will allow participants to ask questions, glean insight and, ultimately, weigh in on this important topic.''

You can submit questions at FRC@uwyo.edu.

To RSVP for the events go to https://firearmsresearchcenter.org/events/. Zoom and WyoCast links will be sent upon registration.

The question of whether to allow guns on the University of Wyoming campus has been a hotly debated topic in Wyoming for many years. Several bills in the Wyoming Legislature in recent years that would have eliminated most gun free zones in Wyoming have included provisions to allow firearms on the campus.

So far none of those bills has become law. The most recent such proposal in the 2024 session actually was passed by the legislature, but was veteod by Governor Mark Gordon.

An effort to call lawmakers back into session to try to override that veto and several others fell short of winning approval in a vote by lawmakers.