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One-Year Anniversary of Campus Carry Brings Changes to State Law

Today marks both the one-year anniversary of campus carry at Texas universities and the first day of campus carry at Texas junior/community colleges.

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Students for Concealed Carry Responds to Faux ad for Student Body Armor

In response to an online advertisement for bulletproof vests emblazoned with the logos of colleges in campus-carry states, Students for Concealed Carry...

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Texas Students for Concealed Carry Opposes HB 234 and HB 255

These bills by Rep. Rafael Anchia (D-Dallas) run counter to SCC's position that state institutions should be required to honor state-issued concealed handgun licenses.

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Texas Students for Concealed Carry Endorses HB 631

The Texas chapter of Students for Concealed Carry is throwing its support behind Texas House Bill 631, a bill "relating to a public awareness campaign on firearm safety and suicide prevention."

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Texas HB 375 Would Have Minimal Impact on Campus Carry

House Bill 375 would allow any person age 18 or above owning a firearm to carry a concealed handgun on a Texas public college campus.

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What ‘Rolling Stone’ Got Wrong About the “Fight Over Guns on Campus”

Here are a few of the things Rolling Stone and Ben Wofford get wrong or neglect to say about SCC and the campus carry movement, in the order that these errors and omissions appear in the article.

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For the Last Time, Campus Carry Does NOT Lead to More Sexual Assaults

However, the argument that campus carry leads to more sexual assaults continues to rear its ugly head as states work to pass their own campus carry laws.

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Almost All Texas Museums Allow Concealed Carry; Amarillo College’s Art Museum Won’t

This is just the latest example of Texas colleges using the "reasonable rules" provision of the state's campus carry law to usurp the clear intent.

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Texas State University Student Senate Requests Expanded Campus Carry

Texas State University Student Senate passed S.R. 2016-2017.14, "A Resolution to Allow Campus Wide Concealed Carry," on a vote of 27 to 5.

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Why Are UT-Austin Graduate Students Holding Office Hours In Bars?

Why are PhD candidates, with their unreasonable fear of violent crime, holding office in a location where their students are likely to be the victims of violent crime???

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Associated Press & Austin Media Miss Opportunity To Dig Into Campus Carry Stats

On the first day of any college statistics class, students are taught a simple principle: Correlation does not equal causation. This lesson seems lost on the media...

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