Beginning this fall, fans attending Kansas athletic events may have to pass through metal detectors to enter Allen Fieldhouse and Memorial Stadium as University of Kansas officials try to prevent people from taking concealed handguns inside.
Beginning July 1, Kansas law will allow concealed handguns on Kansas university campuses. The law allows schools to ban guns in certain buildings if other security, such as metal detectors, is provided. The university anticipates banning concealed weapons from athletic events where attendance is expected to be more than 5,000 people, the Lawrence Journal-World reported (http://bit.ly/2jUHeJb ).
A House committee had a hearing Wednesday on a bill that would grant universities, colleges and public hospitals a permanent exemption to the concealed carry requirement.