Kansas Coach David Beaty to Ban Guns Despite Law Allowing Firearms on Campus

Kansas head football coach David Beaty is going against a state policy that goes into effect on Saturday which makes it legal for people over the age of 21 to carry a concealed weapon on campus.

Beaty explained to CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd why he will ban his players from carrying concealed weapons on campus:

"It is a deal that I will be very adamant about in a way of banning [guns]. I don't want weapons around for our team. I know it's a bad, bad deal for us. 

"I understand the politics involved in it. I get that. But we're talking about kids with lives and kids getting pissed with each other and kids that are highly competitive with each other. I fear what it could blow into."

The Personal and Family Protection Act was originally approved by Kansas legislators in 2012 and went into effect the following year, but college campuses in the state were given a four-year exemption before students and staff had the right to carry a concealed weapon starting July 1, 2017. 

Jeff Sims, who is the head football coach at Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas, told Dodd his program has never had an issue with firearms on campus. 

"Guns and weapons have never been our issue on a college campus," he said. "Our issues are alcohol and marijuana."

In an effort to comply with the law, Dodd notes Kansas athletic officials are required to set up "elaborate detection devices" at all the entrances to Memorial Stadium and Allen Fieldhouse, as well as having an armed guard present. 

Beaty is entering his fourth season as head football coach at the University of Kansas. He took over the program from interim coach Clint Bowen, who replaced Charlie Weis early in the 2014 season.