2016年2月21日星期日

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Why some conservative colleges in Texas are saying no to guns

Posted: 21 Feb 2016 02:39 PM PST

When University of Texas at Austin President Gregory Fenves announced new policies to comply with Senate Bill 11, which orders public colleges to allow licensed, concealed guns into campus buildings, he made his reluctance clear — not surprising, many thought, at the state's flagship school in liberal, blue-dot Austin. 

Texas private colleges are saying no to guns on campus

Posted: 21 Feb 2016 08:36 AM PST

File - In this Sept. 30, 2015 file photo, professor Joan Neuberger speaks during a public forum at the University of Texas campus as a special committee studies how to implement a new law allowing students with concealed weapons permits to carry firearms into class and other campus buildings, in Austin, Texas. When Republicans in the Texas Legislature forced universities to open their classrooms and buildings to concealed handguns, they championed Constitutional rights and self-defense. But those ideals can't seem to get past the private school gates. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When Texas' conservative Legislature passed a law requiring public universities to allow concealed guns on campus, it also gave the state's private institutions of higher learning the chance to follow suit. None has so far.


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