I kept thinking: I don't care about the opinion of an 18, 19, or 20 year old undergrad student on this matter. That's like letting the same group choose what brands of beer will be sold at alumni tailgate events.RoyGBiv wrote:It's pretty easy to predict that fear mongering progressivism will win that argument.The Annoyed Man wrote:I wonder if the part about "after consulting with students, staff, and faculty..." has any teeth in it. Will students actually get a say? Will staff actually get a say? Or will libtard faculty have all the clout?RoyGBiv wrote:Reading Amendment 6... Looks like it changed the bill from "private colleges are still prohibited" to "private colleges can opt out".
I don't have a lot of grief about that, assuming I'm reading it correctly. Probably why it passed without a record vote.
Maybe I'm not reading it correctly?
Here's 411.2031(e): http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83 ... 00182I.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(e) A private or independent institution of higher
education in this state, after consulting with students, staff, and
faculty of the institution, may establish rules, regulations, or
other provisions prohibiting license holders from carrying
handguns on premises that are owned or leased and operated by the
institution and located on the campus of the institution.
When you leave civil liberties decisions to academics, they will never choose to support 2A. It's not in their genetics. Bottom line is that if you want to have 2A rights in any educational environment, the decision MUST be removed from the hands of educators and placed in the hands of legislators and judges.
Assuming campus carry passes in some useful form, it's a good step in the right direction. No law abiding person should disarmed. Predators will never obey any words on any page. It's only "Hope and Change" logic that could ever imagine a positive outcome from disarming the law abiding.
. . . and in dialogue, people kept changing the words "staff, faculty" to "administrators". Big difference. And the feedback will only work if there is no retribution for somebody standing up and advocating for the right to carry.
I wouldn't have minded seeing some preemption language to protect the public university employees' rights to carry.