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Packing for school: Pennsylvania's Kutztown University lifts ban on guns

A state-run Pennsylvania university has revised its campus policy to allow students and employees with permits to carry concealed guns in open areas.Under the new policy at Kutztown University, any university employee or student with a legal permit and "compelling" personal safety reasons can request authorization from campus police on a case-by-case basis. All weapons, including legally-registered firearms, will still be banned from academic buildings, student residence halls, dining facilities and sporting events. The reversal came after state lawyers warned public colleges all-out weapons bans that go farther than federal laws put them on shaky legal ground. "While I am cognizant of the concerns associated with this change, as a state institution we must follow the advice of legal counsel and do what is necessary to comply with the Second Amendment," Kutztown President F. Javier Cevallos wrote students in an email obtained by FoxNews.com. "I can assure you that we have done everythi...

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