When leftist student groups take over the office of a college president, as we saw at Dartmouth earlier this year, are they forced to pay any sort of security fees?

Christopher White of the College Fix reports.

Forced To Pay Security Fee For Gun-Rights Event, Students Demand Refund

Boise State charged security fee for 2nd Amendment event with no-gun policy

Boise State University took unconstitutional actions by charging security fees to a student group that hosted a Second Amendment event featuring the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court’s 2008 Heller decision, the students allege – adding they want their money back.

The students are supported by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which jumped into the fray last week, following the lead of several Idaho groups. FIRE told the university in a letter that it violated the First Amendment rights of BSU’s Young Americans for Liberty chapter.

Federal courthouse security guard Dick Heller prevailed in his challenge to Washington, D.C.’s gun law that required him to keep his personal gun at the courthouse. The Supreme Court ruled he could keep his gun at his home, deeming the city’s strict law unconstitutional.

Boise State’s Young Americans for Liberty chapter hosted a stop on the “Dick Heller 2nd Amendment Tour of Idaho” on May 16. Less than a day before the event, the university notified the group it would have to pay a $465 fee for the presence of three security guards and two police officers if it didn’t want Heller’s address canceled. The group gave in and paid the fee.

The fee was justified because there was concern that “a community member had been encouraging folks (via social media) to open carry to the event” – a violation of BSU policy, Kathleen Tuck, BSU assistant director of communications and marketing, told The College Fix in an email. “As this is a violation of campus policy, we took steps to ensure campus safety and to make sure policy was enforced.”