KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — As head of the governing board of Kansas’ state university system, Shane Bangerter figured the panel was in a no-win situation last week when faced with the need to adopt guidelines for how gun owners will be able to carry concealed firearms onto campuses and into some buildings next year.  Opposition to the law permitting concealed carry has been fierce on the system’s six campuses, largely on public safety grounds.

That disapproval is counterbalanced by a Legislature that holds strong gun rights majorities in both the House and Senate, controls the universities’ purse strings and has pushed to let gun owners carry their weapons as many places as possible.

Wednesday’s action by the board of regents drew approval from both sides. But the divide over guns at college is likely to continue simmering through July 2017, when the law passed in 2013 takes effect.