The issue focused on whether police officials had established a legal basis for law enforcement officers to carry guns in public.

In court documents, lawyers for civil rights attorneys suing the University of Michigan Law School said federal laws bar law enforcement from licensing law enforcement officers to carry firearms. The lawsuit also argued that law enforcement officials who legally carry guns would be banned from carrying them at political events.

U.S. District Judge Peter Economus denied the university's request to dismiss the case. He agreed with U.