University of Texas Head Begrudgingly OKs Campus Gun Rules

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

University of Texas Head Begrudgingly OKs Campus Gun Rules

By JIM VERTUNO, ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN, Texas — Feb 17, 2016, 1:03 PM ET

Concealed handguns will be allowed in University of Texas classrooms but generally banned from dorms under rules begrudgingly approved Wednesday by the school's president, whose hand was forced by a new state law.

Like many who study or work at the school in liberal Austin, President Greg Fenves opposes allowing guns on the roughly 50,000-student campus. Texas' universities had been gun-free zones under the state's previous concealed handgun laws, but the Republican-dominated Legislature voted last year to force public universities to allow license holders to bring their guns to campus starting Aug. 1.

"I do not believe handguns belong on a university campus, so this decision has been the greatest challenge of my presidency to date," Fenves said in announcing his decision to adopt rules recommended by a campus study group in December.

Gun-rights activists insist the right to have weapons on campus falls under the Second Amendment and they call it a critical self-defense measure.

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[HassleCat]

1. I wish I was armed in college

As a defense against bad grades.

[shadowrider]

2. Unless someone is 21, they CANNOT carry on campus

since they're too young to get a CCW. Therefore, it will be seniors who carry (IF they choose).