Attorney general: Classroom gun ban would violate campus carry law

[TexasTowelie]

A ban on concealed handguns in campus dormitories or classrooms at public colleges in Texas would run afoul of legislation passed earlier this year, state Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a nonbinding opinion Monday.

A court would likely conclude that such a school would exceed its authority under Senate Bill 11 if it prohibits the carrying of concealed handguns “in a substantial number of classrooms or delegates to individual professors the decision as to whether possession of a concealed handgun is allowed” in his or her classroom, Paxton wrote.

A ban on handguns in campus dorms “would effectively prohibit license holders in those facilities from carrying concealed handguns on campus, in violation of the express terms of Senate Bill 11,” he wrote.

State Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, who authored SB 11, sought the opinion as the state’s institutions of higher learning craft plans to implement the law, which takes effect Aug. 1 of next year for universities and Aug. 1, 2017, for community colleges.

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[Skittles]

1. f***ing insane

[SheilaT]

2. No, no, no. What's the problem?

Guns make us safer, right?

(tell me I don't need the sarcasm thingy)

[elleng]

3. Change the f*king law, idjots!

[They_Live]

4. The more that I think about this issue

the more that I think the answer is going to be for state employees to demand that the state provide additional insurance for all that are being forced into a dangerous and potentially life threatening situation. The state should be forced to pay for said accidental death and dismemberment insurance.

[TexasTowelie]

5. As a former state employee

I can tell you that the legislators don't care.