UT Professors Could Appeal To Supreme Court Over Campus Carry

(Austin, TX) — Several University of Texas at Austin professors may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court over the state’s campus carry law.

TX Schools Weigh Two Plans For Arming Teachers And Staff

(Austin, TX) — Texas schools that want to arm their staffs have two programs to consider.

UT-Austin Faculty Can Ban Guns In Offices

(Austin, TX) — The University of Texas at Austin is giving its faculty and staff the option of banning weapons from their personal offices when the new Campus Carry Law goes into effect August 1st. The UT regents passed the exception yesterday, but, at the same time, allowed licensed gun carriers on campus to keep a bullet in the chamber of their guns if they so desired. UT-Austin President Greg Fenves has argued that keeping a round in the chamber will lead to accidental shootings.

Texas Tech Faculty Petition Senate Bill 11

Multiple faculty and staff members at Texas Tech have started a petition against Senate Bill 11, also known as the Campus Carry law.

Campus Carry Bill Goes To Abbott’s Desk

The House approved the bill yesterday, which allows people with concealed handgun licenses to carry on public universities. The bill does allow university presidents to create some gun-free zones on campuses.

Tech Democrats hold anti-campus carry rally

The debate for carrying concealed weapons on college campuses is firing up.