WEAPONS POLICY

http://osa.tamuk.edu/studenthandbook/weapons.html

Texas A&M University-Kingsville strives to provide a safe and secure environment for its students, staff and faculty. Texas A&M University-Kingsville prohibits the possession or storage of any weapons, fireworks or explosives on university premises or at any university-sponsored activity, except in the following cases: law enforcement personnel engaged in the official performance of their assigned duties; approved university experiments and/or projects; transporting of firearms to and from a place of storage; ROTC, under the direction of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; and other approved academic use. The term “weapons” may be defined as any object or substance designed to inflict a wound, cause injury or incapacitate.

 

Weapons include, but are not limited to:

1.  Revolvers, pistols, BB guns, pellet guns, stun guns,

2.  Chemical weapons

3.  Knives

4.  Slingshots

5.  Bows and arrows

6.  Martial arts weapons

Toy weapons that look like real weapons are similarly prohibited on campus. University officials encourage anyone who has or owns any weapon to contact the University Police Department to arrange for storage of such items. All requests, exceptions and interpretation of this policy will be managed by the University’s Chief of Police. For more information, please contact the University Police Department at 593-2611.

 

 

 

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