For Florida State sophomore Brian Baso, college is all about freedom, the chance to move out of the house and into a dorm.
But there's one thing he can't take along: a gun.
Under state law, they're banned on public university campuses, including dorms.
Gun rights advocates call that a big problem, and Tuesday they went before a statewide appeals court in a last-ditch attempt to win the right to bring guns to dorm rooms.
"If you are in the upperclassmen dorms and you're over the age of 21 and you have the concealed weapon permit, I think it's all right to have the gun inside your dorm, as long as you're being responsible with it and not taking it out on campus," Baso said. "It's OK to store it there, I believe."
Dorm rooms are essentially on-campus homes, but they are also on private property. While lawmakers have debated allowing guns on campus, they haven't acted.
"It's very clear that the Legislature has had adequate opportunity," said attorney Barry Richard for the University of Florida. "In fact, it's had bill after bill after bill put before it which would have prohibited, permitted access to firearms in housing, and it's declined to pass those bills."
Now the courts may decide if students can keep their guns in their dorms.
There's a chance the case could be appealed all the way to the Florida Supreme Court.