(GunReports.com) — University of Colorado Chancellor Phil DiStefano recently notified the Boulder campus faculty members — in particular Professor Jerry Peterson, chairman of the Boulder Faculty Assembly — that professors “do not have the right to shut down a class or refuse to teach” should they learn that one of their students is lawfully carrying a gun under a concealed-carry permit.
Peterson said he planned to cancel class if he ever learns any of his students are carrying firearms.
An e-mail to faculty, DiStefano wrote, “I have the utmost respect for Professor Peterson, who is an old friend and valued colleague, but I want to make clear that if the student carrying the weapon has a concealed-carry permit, the position implied by Professor Peterson’s comments directly violates Colorado law and the operating principles of the campus.”
DiStefano said any faculty members who do so will be in violation of their contracts. He wrote, “On this issue, there can be no ambiguity: all CU-Boulder faculty, as CU and state employees, are expected to teach their assigned courses and to hold classes for all enrolled students.”
