SALT LAKE CITY (AP) β Utah’s campus gun laws are in the spotlight after a feminist speaker canceled a speech at Utah State University once she learned the school would allow concealed firearms despite an anonymous threat against her.
School officials in Logan were set to go ahead with the event with extra police and a ban on backpacks after consulting with federal and state law enforcement who told them the threat was consistent with ones Anita Sarkeesian receives when she gives speeches elsewhere.
But Sarkeesian, a well-known critic of the portrayal of women in video games, pulled out Tuesday night after learning from university officials that Utah law prohibits colleges from taking away concealed weapons from valid permit holders.
She said it was mindboggling that officials couldn’t take steps to prevent guns from being at the event.
