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Texas Closer to Allowing Guns on Campus
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article15312581.html Texas is a step closer to requiring public colleges and universities to allow concealed handguns on campus — a policy opposed by many higher education leaders.
After nearly five hours of debate Wednesday, the state Senate gave preliminary approval to a measure that would repeal a law prohibiting holders of concealed-handgun licenses from carrying their weapons there.
The vote on Senate Bill 11 was along party lines, with all 11 Democrats opposing it.
“My concern is to expand the freedom of our most trustworthy citizens,” the bill’s author, Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, said as he introduced the legislation.
After nearly five hours of debate Wednesday, the state Senate gave preliminary approval to a measure that would repeal a law prohibiting holders of concealed-handgun licenses from carrying their weapons there.
The vote on Senate Bill 11 was along party lines, with all 11 Democrats opposing it.
“My concern is to expand the freedom of our most trustworthy citizens,” the bill’s author, Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, said as he introduced the legislation.
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