The open carry law, which went into effect this year, also allows campus carry on all public universities. The University of Texas-Austin president says he’ll comply, but one would think he’ll be looking for loopholes.
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The open carry law, which went into effect this year, also allows campus carry on all public universities. The University of Texas-Austin president says he’ll comply, but one would think he’ll be looking for loopholes.
It is a country of free speech, anyways. Their excuse? The officer who wrote the citation was being trained, so it was a rookie mistake. Photo by 50%ChanceofRain
Left-wing faculty members are pushing to ban guns in their classrooms, although Texas law is that guns can be carried on public university grounds. The chancellors told lawmakers that they would comply, but classroom gun…
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The injunction to keep the statue of Jefferson Davis in a prominent part of campus was denied, so the statue will be relocated to another part of the college campus.
As the College Fix reported, a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign has been started to help pay for the legal fees to keep the statue where it is, on the Main Mall at the University of Texas-Austin…
A university task force made several recommendations, one of which was to add explanations to the statues to give context. Another is to relocate the statues, which previously failed back in 2010.