Maybe. Don't underestimate the shrill panicking foaming at the mouth that the gun free UT professors will have. They'll say "no guns" till the day they mercifully die.ELB wrote:Thoughts, scenarios, assuming that the working group is correct that this can be done on an office-by-office basis:
1. Prof will not like to say 'no guns' every time a student comes to the office. Bet he will instead post some "no guns" sign. Doubt he will post the required one, since it is too dang big (note that the working group verified for itself that a legally sufficient sign is at least 2' x 3'). Any student legally carrying with half-a-education in the LTC laws will recognize that post-it note doesn't count and carry right in. Everybody's happy.
I don't know that would fly. I can't imagine that many professors actually take attendance, especially in the lower level classes so it would be hard to prove that a student was ever given oral notice. What if a student came in late? or stepped out to use the restroom while the announcement was made. I think the only way to satisfy the oral requirement of the whole thing is to say it when someone comes to your officeELB wrote:2. The prof, at beginning of semester, makes an announcement in class that he doesn't allow concealed carry in his office. That would seem to cover it at least for the LTC'ers who are in class that day.
But for purposes of campus carry, the notice must be oral, not printed. Professors can't use the 30.06 sign to designate their own offices off limits. The university may do that, possibly at a university health clinic or lab, but the professors have to give oral notice.ELB wrote:3. Course syllabus or maybe course catalog, or may paper handed out at beginning of semester carries written notice. If it is in correct wording and languages, then it applies. If it's not, then it's just wastebasket fodder.