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University Students React to Campus Carry
by U.S. & Texas LawShield StaffCampus Carry Transcript: Member Ambassador Sherry Hale: Hey Members, it’s that time of year again as kids get ready to head back to school. However, guns on school campuses have a lot of us scratching our heads on what’s legal. Especially if we’re sending our kids off to college. That’s why I recently visited the... [Read More]
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U.T. Students React to Campus Carry
by U.S. & Texas LawShield StaffCampus Carry in Texas Campus Carry Transcript: Member Ambassador Sherry Hale: Hey Members, it’s that time of year again as kids get ready to head back to school. However, guns on school campuses have a lot of us scratching our heads on what’s legal. Especially if we’re sending our kids off to college. That’s why... [Read More]
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UT Profs Lose Anti-Campus-Carry Case
by U.S. & Texas LawShield StaffThree University of Texas at Austin professors seeking to overturn the state’s 2015 campus carry law have had their lawsuit dismissed by a federal judge. The law allows licensed-to-carry individuals to carry concealed handguns inside most public university buildings. Campus carry became law in 2015 and went into effect on Aug. 1, 2016. The professors... [Read More]
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U.S. Law Shield News: UT Stabbings and Self-Defense
by U.S. & Texas LawShield StaffThe stabbings at the University of Texas recently brought questions from Texas Law Shield members. Watch to hear what Independent Program Attorney Gordon Cooper says about the laws of self defense, when you can defend others, and the ins and outs of campus carry.
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University of Texas Profs Want Guns Banned
by Jesse PerezLaw Shield members whose college-age adult children may be attending or planning to attend the University of Texas-Austin should know that a citizen-disarmament group called “GunFreeUT” is demanding that the University restrict the civil rights of their fellow students, faculty, administrators, and family when a new campus-carry law takes effect next year. The new state... [Read More]
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TAMU and UT Differ on Campus Carry
by PJ HermosaOn the issue of campus carry debated in the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee on February 12, state senators received opposing written statements from the chancellors of the state’s flagship university systems on whether allowing concealed handguns would affect student safety. University of Texas System Chancellor William McRaven wrote, “There is great concern that the... [Read More]
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