University Judicial Policies on Weapons from the Student Handbook

University Judicial System

J44-100 Weapons

J44-101 No student shall keep, use, possess, display or carry any rifle, shotgun, handgun, knife, other edged weapons, or other lethal or dangerous instruments capable of maiming and/or casting a projectile by air, gas, explosion or mechanical means on any property or in any building owned or operated by the university or in any vehicle on campus.

J44-102 Realistic facsimiles of weapons are also specifically not allowed.

J44-103 Rifles, shotguns and bows which are to be used for hunting may be registered and stored one week before and during the appropriate hunting season at the university police station.

J44-104 Weapons used for hunting must be checked and removed from campus at the end of the appropriate hunting season.

JMU reserves the right to develop and implement new policies or regulations not presently included in this document. It is the responsibility of the university to make a reasonable attempt to inform the student body of any change in or addition to the current policies and regulations.