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AUSTIN, Texas, May 6 (Reuters) - The Texas House of Representatives on Monday gave final approval to a proposal to allow concealed handgun license holders to carry guns into buildings on college campuses.
The proposal, which was approved on a vote of 102-41, would allow public colleges and universities to opt out of allowing guns in buildings after consulting with students, faculty and staff. Private colleges and universities could opt in.
The measure, known as the campus carry bill, now goes to the Senate, where a different proposal has stalled in committee.
The author of the House proposal, Republican Allen Fletcher, said he was not trying to arm people so that they could be heroes during mass shootings on college campuses, but to protect themselves. .................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/06/texas-house-campus-carry-guns-colleges_n_3225310.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037
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marmar
May 2013
OP
Sounds like a fine idea to me. I've never been concerned about legally armed civilians...
Demo_Chris
May 2013
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Warpy
(111,237 posts)1. Let the carnage begin!
Don't like your grade? BANG! Girl won't give you the time of day? POW! Jock looks at you funny? BLOOEY!
Kids in their late teens and early twenties, the perfect candidates to be gun toters in school.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)4. It has yet to begin in Utah, and it's been law there for years.
But maybe Texans are more violent than Utahns, I wouldn't know either way...
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)2. What could go wrong...
Apophis
(1,407 posts)3. Absolutely stupid.
Another reason to avoid Texas.
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)5. Sounds like a fine idea to me. I've never been concerned about legally armed civilians...
But then, guns don't send me into underwear drenching panic, so I've got that going for me.