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rmr, I worked for UMC for a while before starting at the HSC. I worked in an off-site OP clinic, and our clinic only had the generic gun-buster sign.

--neb

The entrance I noticed today was the 4th street entrance in front of the east wing/A pod. I usually enter off of Texas Tech Parkway as my office is in the C pod. I actually noticed it as I was going past, so I wasn't able to look closely to see if it is correct in wording. It very well could be an older sign citing the wrong section of the penal code. I do know that UMC is posted, but last I checked it was the older wording.

I have seen generic "no gun" type signs posted on the street as you enter campus on the parkway near the USA, but nothing that is binding. I think the posted lot is probably unique to the HSC as it is operated as a separate university than TTU with the Texas Tech system, but I haven't been on a main campus lot recently.

--neb

So it sounds as if the sign is invalid from the start (at least in the context of a public university). Not that it really matters because I don't typically leave the vehicle unless I'm going into the building, so the firearm stays in the car which should be perfectly legal.

Thanks.

--neb

I noticed something I hadn't seen until to day. I work at a state university health sciences center, and I always pull into the parking lot by the same entrance. I typically carry up to that point, disarm, and go in to work, rearming after I get back to my vehicle. However, today, I pulled in through a different entrance and noticed a 30.06 sign at the entrance to the parking lot.

Now, by my understanding, I should be ok *legally* under the parking lot bill which went into effect in September, correct?

I guess besides that question, I was curious about the validity of the sign apart from the parking lot bill in the first place. As a university, they are automatically covered under law in that you can't carry into a building on the property without explicit consent. However, as a state university on what is technically state-owned property, can they validly post a 30.06 sign to prohibit carry within the open parking lot?

And yes, I have looked for a policy restricting employees from having handguns in their vehicles, and I have been unable to find anything that would put my job in jeopardy.

--neb