Sen. Birdwell authors first campus carry legislation of the session
comments ()Update at 6:15 p.m.: The flip side of the debate echoes the national argument. Many in opposition to campus carry cite the Virginia Tech massacre and 1966 University of Texas at Austin...
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AUSTIN — A survivor of the 1966 Charles Whitman shooting from the University of Texas at Austin Tower spoke on the issue of campus carry Thursday morning. Claire Wilson James, who was eight months...
View ArticleBill for students to keep firearms in cars on campus moves to Texas House...
Sen. Glenn Hegar said it is unfair for students with concealed handgun licenses to be prohibited from keeping a firearm in their cars while they go into class. That’s why Hegar, R-Katy, proposed SB...
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GunDay Saturday begins in the Texas House
Gov. Rick Perry looks down the barrel of a vintage 1928 Thompson submachine gun while campaigning in Beaufort, S.C., on Dec. 8, 2011.visit site to read more]
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Gun-toting students a step closer to being allowed on college campuses
The Senate Criminal Justice Committee voted 4-2 to send a bill to the full Senate that will allow licensed gun holders to carry their weapons into classrooms and campus buildings. During the hearing,...
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Campus carry lacks votes to be debated in Senate on final day to pass bills
On the last day to pass bills out of the Senate, the campus carry bill is stalled with six votes short of the necessary number to bring it up for debate. Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury (Texas...
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Perry signs handful of bills that tweak concealed handgun license, firearm laws
Gov. Rick Perry pumps his fist before speaking during the 2013 NRA Annual Meeting in Houston. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The Legislature didn’t pass either of the two campus carry bills that would...
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Patterson urges Perry to add campus carry to session agenda
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View ArticleLawmakers try again for campus carry
AUSTIN—Campus carry is back on lawmakers’ agenda and, with huge support from emboldened Senate Republicans, it could have better odds of making it through that chamber. On Monday, 19 Republican...
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UT System chancellor weighs in against campus carry
AP Photo/Eric GayNavy Adm. William McRaven, the next chancellor of the University of Texas System, addresses the Texas Board of Regents, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014visit site to read more]
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Senate committee to consider two high-profile gun bills
FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2015 file photo, gun rights advocates carry rifles while protesting outside the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas.visit site to read more]
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75 percent of Texas police chiefs responding to survey oppose open carry
(AP Photo/Eric Gay)Scott Smith, a supporter of open carry gun laws, wears a pistol as he prepares for a rally at the Capitol, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in Austin, Texas. AUSTIN – Among the more...
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Abbott reiterates support for campus carry, notwithstanding ‘State of the...
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View ArticleIn campus carry debate, different universities face different challenges
Only a small fraction of students at Texas’ biggest public universities would probably carry a concealed handgun in campus buildings under a proposed “campus carry” bill, as we reported on Sunday....
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UPDATED: Senate debate on ‘campus carry’ bill to be postponed at least a day
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UPDATED: Senate gives preliminary OK, along partisan lines, to ‘campus carry’...
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House panel approves ‘campus carry’ bill
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Path forward remains unclear for so-called ‘campus carry’ proposal
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With key deadline looming, House set to debate ‘campus carry’ proposal
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UPDATED: Republicans start to kill Dems’ bills. Abortion, campus carry, gay...
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With days left in session, ‘campus carry’ bill heads to conference committee
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Updated: Senate approves ‘campus carry’; House will vote on Sunday
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House passes ‘campus carry,’ sending contentious measure to Abbott
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View ArticleAbbott signals that he will sign ‘campus carry’ into law
AUSTIN – Texas will soon be home to “campus carry.” Republican Gov. Greg Abbott – surprising no one – signaled in a radio interview on Tuesday that he will sign the contentious firearms measure to...
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Abbott to sign gun bills; open carry, campus carry expected at top of stack
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UT-Austin launches 19-person working group to tackle campus carry
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Updated: Campus carry debate shifts to next phase at UT-Austin forum
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What does the Oregon college shooting mean for Texas' campus carry debate?
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Campus carry author asks AG if universities can ban guns in class
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Gun rights groups plan to stage mock mass shooting at UT-Austin
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UT-Austin campus carry panel recommends that guns should be banned in dorms,...
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In draft campus carry rules, UT-Arlington proposes limited gun-free zones
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SMU will opt out of campus carry, maintain longstanding gun ban
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Paxton: Gun bans in public university dorms would violate campus carry law
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Texas Tech campus carry task force proposes dorm gun ban, an idea targeted by AG
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UT System head McRaven predicts campus carry will end up in court
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So many Texans want gun licenses, DPS adding staff to handle paperwork
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5 takeaways from Texas' campus carry process so far
By TOM BENNING and LAUREN MCGAUGHY Austin Bureau [Editor’s note: Click here to view our campus carry tracker for Texas’ public colleges and … [visit site to read more]
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UT-Dallas' campus carry rules will allow guns in classrooms, some student...
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Texas A&M system pulls the trigger on finalized campus carry rules
AUSTIN – The generally permissive campus carry rules proposed for the Texas A&M University System’s schools received on Wednesday what amounts to a final OK, as the system’s Board of Regents took...
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Campus carry group may offer 'cash prizes' to UT students who call out...
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Battles over guns in offices, chambered rounds have UT regents questioning...
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View Article'One in the chamber': What it means and why it matters in UT's campus carry...
AUSTIN — The University of Texas at Austin is staring down the barrel of one its proposed campus carry rules. Though much of the debate over the contentious firearms law at public … [visit site to...
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