Protestors gather in October at the University of Texas campus to oppose a new state law that expands the rights of concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons on public college campuses.
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LAREDO, TEXAS — Whenever headhunters called, Frederick Steiner would tell them thanks but no thanks – he was content in his job as dean of the school of architecture at the University of Texas at Austin. Then the state passed a “campus carry” law and recruiters heard a different answer.
Amid fears that the law’s passage is leading to a “brain drain” of academics and will discourage students from applying, Steiner’s is a high profile departure tied to the new statute. One of the university’s most distinguished professors, he will become the dean of the University of Pennsylvania […]
This didn’t happen in Utah and other states. Why would it happen in Texas?
Why would it happen in Texas? Because it’s Texas.That being said in this day and age,,leaving large numbers of unarmed people unprotected while waiting for the next “shootin fish in a barrel” situation to happen isn t a solution guns in class rooms mabe not but a trained security force might be.