After campus shooting in Oregon, University of Texas professors demand their students remain defenseless from attacks
by: Ethan A. Huff
NaturalNews.com
Sunday, October 18, 2015
In the wake of the recent campus shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, Texas decided to join seven other states in allowing students to carry concealed weapons to class, in their dormitories and on campus, in both private and public schools throughout the state. However, more than 800 professors, lecturers and faculty members at the University of Texas in Austin (UT) aren’t too happy about it.
The said faculty members signed a letter calling on Texas Governor Greg Abbott to repeal Senate Bill 11, also known as the “campus carry” bill, which affirms the Second Amendment rights of students to carry protection in the form of concealed firearms, while attending state universities. Calling themselves “Gun Free UT,” the UT faculty members opposed to the measure believe that law-abiding students don’t have a right to carry guns to class, and that doing so could pose a safety risk.
You can view the letter and its signatories here.
Buying into the myth that banning guns will somehow prevent gun crimes, those opposed to SB 11 seem ignorant to the fact that when non-criminals have guns on their person, criminals are less likely to open fire on innocents. Criminals, after all, don’t follow the law to begin with, so why would they pay any attention whatsoever to concealed carry laws?
Seven other U.S. states already allow concealed carry on university campuses. These include Colorado, Idaho, Mississippi, Utah, Wisconsin and Oregon. Ironically enough, UT has had concealed carry on its campus for several decades without issue, which is why some are now questioning the faculty members’ motives for opposing the measure.
“UT has had concealed carry just on campus for the past 20 years,” stated Allison Peregory, a pre-law student at UT Austin and chairman of the Young Conservatives of Texas, to The Famuan Online. “It’s not a foreign concept. Campus carry is not this new radical thought process.”
When law-abiding citizens carry guns, crimes rates go down
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