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by JMod45
Thu Jul 14, 2016 6:27 pm
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: UT profs can make "gun free" zones out of offices
Replies: 29
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Re: UT profs can make "gun free" zones out of offices

I have been paying attention to A&M more than UTA, and the differences in rules are surprising to me. I was told during an introduction to campus carry presentation, put out by the University Police Dept, that A&M originally had the rule worded very similar to UT, but changed it. A member from the Campus Carry Task Force said
"It didn't pass legal review, the attorney general said 'that won't work, it's in violation of the law"
So how is it UT is able to get wording that A&M was told is in violation of the law?

From the UT website https://campuscarry.utexas.edu/info-sheets
Depending on which page you click on"
"Faculty members who are solely assigned to an office are permitted to prohibit the concealed carry of a handgun in that office. If faculty members choose to exercise this discretion, they must provide oral notice that the concealed carry of a handgun is prohibited in their offices. Oral notice is the only legally effective way to provide notice about the prohibition. Please note: The syllabus is not the medium by which students should be informed of this sort of prohibition"
"University employees who are solely assigned to an office are permitted to prohibit the concealed carry of a handgun in that office. If an employee chooses to exercise this discretion, he or she must provide oral notice that the concealed carry of a handgun is prohibited in the office. Oral notice is the only legally effective way to provide notice about the prohibition"
From the A&M website http://www.tamus.edu/campus-carry-rules/
More specifically http://assets.system.tamus.edu/files/co ... 042716.pdf
"Assigned employee offices for which the employee has demonstrated that the carrying of a concealed handgun by a license holder in the office presents a significant risk of substantial harm due to a negligent discharge of the handgun, and the president/CEO has approved the employee’s request that the office be designated as an area where licensed concealed carry of a handgun is not permitted"
I also find it interesting that UT says "Oral notice is the only legally effective way to provide notice about the prohibition"
At A&M I have been told that if your office is approved, you will have to hang a 30.06 sign.

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