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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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