Michigan Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to University of Michigan’s Gun Ban

The University of Michigan’s ban on guns, which applies even to individuals with a permit to carry a concealed weapon, will stand after Michigan’s top court declined to hear an appeal from a man who said the policy violates the Constitution.

“We are not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court,” a majority of Michigan Supreme Court justices said on Oct. 18 as they rejected an appeal of a lower court ruling that found the University of Michigan’s gun ban does not violate the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment because schools such as the university are sensitive places.
Justice David Viviano dissented.

The campuswide ban “raises serious questions concerning the Second Amendment,” he wrote.

The Michigan Court of Appeals in 2023 upheld the ban, known as Article X. While Joshua Wade, a resident who sued over the ban, has Second Amendment rights, the ban fits into a sensitive place exception outlined by the U.S. Supreme Court, the court ruled.

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