They take the Second Amendment seriously at the University of Utah, where the State Supreme Court has ruled that guns are permitted.
But students who want to hear former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak speak today must leave their firearms at home, Dustin Gardiner reports for The Daily Utah Chronicle.

This decision is the result of cooperation between the U, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and gun rights activists-parties that have been in conflict over the U campus gun debate.
John Morris, general legal counsel for the U, said Shurtleff gave the U permission to bar concealed weapons from the event because it is being cosponsored by Kol Ami-a local Jewish synagogue-and state law allows religious groups to ban firearms from services.
“(Barak) won’t appear if we can’t provide that kind of security,” Morris said.
Morris said the synagogue was asked to sponsor the event, in part, because its participation would allow the U to ban guns from Kingsbury Hall.
“I don’t know that they would have been involved otherwise,” Morris said. “It’s not the only reason, but clearly it has been a factor in asking the congregation to cosponsor.”
The U will set up metal detectors and provide lockers for concealed weapons permit holders to store their guns.
Gun rights activists who staunchly opposed the U’s campus-wide gun ban said that though the attorney general’s interpretation of state gun laws is a stretch, they are supporting the deal.
“Kingsbury Hall does not qualify as a religious (venue); however, we are going to accept it in the spirit of cooperation,” said Clark Aposhian, a lobbyist and director of the Utah Self-Defense Instructors’ Network.

Pictured above is senior Brent Tenney and his gun, in a photo taken by Lennie Mahler. Tenney is president of the Second Amendment Students of Utah.