A 2015 law that allowed licensed adults to carry concealed weapons on college campuses sparked widespread protest. Now one legislator wants to extend the practice to include public schools and some charter schools.
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Higher Education
Federal appeals court upholds Texas campus carry law
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a prior dismissal of a lawsuit filed by three professors at the University of Texas at Austin, which aimed to block the law and allow professors to prohibit firearms in their classrooms.
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Courts
Guns chill free speech, UT-Austin professors will argue at federal appeals court
Three UT-Austin professors sued to end a state law mandating campus carry in Texas. Though a federal judge dismissed the suit, the fight isn’t over as the case goes to a federal appeals court.
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Higher Education
After a quiet year of campus carry, community colleges get guns next
Starting Tuesday, community colleges across the state will permit licensed gun owners to carry concealed firearms in certain campus buildings. They’ve had a year to learn from the example of four-year schools — but they still face challenges all their own.
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Criminal Justice
Federal judge throws out effort by UT professors to overturn campus carry
A federal judge said that three professors suing the state to block campus carry didn’t present any “concrete evidence to substantiate their fears” that the law would have a chilling effect on free speech.
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Higher Education
Most community colleges won’t ban guns in classrooms with minors
Some people hoped that community colleges would ban guns in any classroom that has students under 18. So far, that seems unlikely.
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Criminal Justice
Watch a film screening and discussion on the documentary Tower
The UT Tower shooting is infamous as America’s first mass school shooting. Meet the survivors and heroes of that day in “Tower,” an animated documentary film.
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Criminal Justice
Guns on campus: Texas students weigh in (video)
Fifty years after a gunman opened fire from the tower at UT-Austin – the first recorded mass shooting in U.S. history – students can carry loaded handguns on campus. Hear from proponents and opponents of the law.
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Politics
Lawmaker seeks to pass “constitutional carry” gun bill in 2017
House Bill 375 would give all Texans the right to openly carry a firearm — with or without a permit. If passed, Texas would be the 11th state to allow “constitutional carry.”
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2016 Year in Review
Protests, politics and scandal defined 2016 for Texas universities
Colleges in Texas had a tense year, thanks to campus carry, racial incidents and the election.
