Judge upholds University of Missouri campus gun ban

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A judge has ruled that the University of Missouri's campus ban on concealed guns doesn't conflict with state law.

Circuit Judge Jeff Harris' ruling on Wednesday rejected arguments that the school's ban violates a law protecting state employees from prosecution for having concealed guns in their parked cars while on state property, The Columbia Daily Tribune reported .

The state law being cited "addresses criminal conduct, and does not determine what defendants can regulate as a civil matter on their own property," Harris wrote.