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Texas Demand For Carry Licenses Prompts DPS Staffing Increase
Requests for licenses to carry guns more than doubled in a recent three-month period, prompting the Texas Department of Public Safety to boost staffing, adjust resources and warn gun owners about how to avoid potential delays. The department said Thursday that it had received 136,000 requests for licenses in December, January and February. That’s a…
Read MoreGuns Are Already In College Classrooms
If you work at a Texas college and are worried by the prospect of having guns in your classroom, relax. The new campus-carry law changes your risk of gun violence very little. I can almost guarantee that if you have a few semesters of teaching under your belt, at some point there have been students…
Read MoreUH Faculty Told To Adjust Cirriculum Due To Legally Armed Students
From the article: Be careful discussing sensitive topics Drop certain topics from your curriculum Not “go there” if you sense anger Limit student access off hours Read the rest of the article: http://www.chron.com/local/education/campus-chronicles/article/UH-faculty-may-drop-topics-from-curriculum-as-6849002.php Obviously those writing the slides and advising faculty are unaware of the following requirements to carry a firearm in the state of…
Read MoreWhat If We Encouraged ‘Victims’ To Shoot Back?
This article was written by Fred Weinberg and originally published on Western Journalism. Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/what-if-we-encouraged-victims-to-shoot-back/ Here is a scenario which should be food for thought in light of ISIS attacks in Paris and various nutcase shootings here in the United States. What if some towlheaded representative of the religion of death stands up at a…
Read MoreUT Prof to Quit Before Campus Carry Takes Effect
By the time Texas campus carry law takes effect next fall, a University of Texas professor said he’ll be long gone. Daniel S. Hamermesh, an economics professor emeritus, told KTBC-TV in Austin that he’d fear for his safety if he stayed, especially since he would be teaching in a large lecture hall. “I just don’t…
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