Students in Texas could soon be allowed to bring their guns into class under new legislation the notoriously gun-friendly state is poised to adopt.
More than half the state's senators have signed the bill, which is widely expected to be passed.
If the law goes through, it will add weight to a growing national campaign for students to carry firearms as a defence against college shootings like the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre.
I don't ever want to see repeated on a Texas college campus what happened at Virginia Tech, where some deranged, suicidal madman goes into a building and is able to pick off totally defenceless kids like sitting ducks.'
It would allow the state's 500,000 students - and its professors - to carry concealed handguns in its 38 public universities.
More than 450,000 Texans already carry a gun under a law passed in 1995, which allows over-21s to do so if they have a permit.
And Texas Governor Rick Perry, who has said he sometimes carries his pistol while jogging, is reportedly in favour of the idea.
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More than half the state's senators have signed the bill, which is widely expected to be passed.
If the law goes through, it will add weight to a growing national campaign for students to carry firearms as a defence against college shootings like the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre.
I don't ever want to see repeated on a Texas college campus what happened at Virginia Tech, where some deranged, suicidal madman goes into a building and is able to pick off totally defenceless kids like sitting ducks.'
It would allow the state's 500,000 students - and its professors - to carry concealed handguns in its 38 public universities.
More than 450,000 Texans already carry a gun under a law passed in 1995, which allows over-21s to do so if they have a permit.
And Texas Governor Rick Perry, who has said he sometimes carries his pistol while jogging, is reportedly in favour of the idea.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-allowed-bring-guns-class.html#ixzz1Ecwf2RwQ