Posted: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 4:53 pm | Updated: 5:20 pm, Wed Feb 7, 2018.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — It's guns versus college football in a dispute over where certain Mississippi residents can carry firearms.

At issue is House Bill 1083, which would void rules limiting where some people are allowed to carry guns on public property. House Judiciary A Committee Chairman Andy Gipson, the bill's sponsor, says all it does is remove illegal rules that universities, judges and others have erected to bar guns. But universities say guns in stadiums could lead to opponents refusing to play in Mississippi and guns in dormitories could alarm parents.

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Guns vs. college football in dispute over where guns can go