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University Professors in Texas Sue for Right to Keep Guns out of Their Classrooms

Author: Ralph Gerstein .; Lois Gerstein .

Source: Volume 18, Number 02, Winter 2017 , pp.29-31(3)

Abstract:

Three professors at the University of Texas at Austin (UTA) have brought a complaint in which they contest the recent policies adopted by UTA concerning the presence of concealed weapons by students and others on campus. The Texas State Department of Public Safety (DPS) is charged with the responsibility of administering the “concealed carry” permit program. These professor plaintiffs have taken issue with the manner in which this program has been administered, and they describe the flaws associated with this program in their complaint.

Keywords: concealed-carry permits; reciprocity agreements with over 30 other states; Legislature’s Abandonment of Long-Standing Policy; First Amendment; Self-Defense; Second Amendment; Fourteenth Amendment; designated locations

Affiliations: 1: Co-Editor; 2: Co-Editor.