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The bills are written so that public institutions cannot make rules prohibiting staff, students or faculty from carrying on the premises of the campus buildings...

SB11 -

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or (e), an
institution of higher education or private or independent
institution of higher education in this state may not adopt any
rule, regulation, or other provision prohibiting license holders
from carrying handguns on the campus of the institution.
(d) An institution of higher education or private or
independent institution of higher education in this state may
establish rules, regulations, or other provisions concerning the
storage of handguns in dormitories or other residential facilities
that are owned or leased and operated by the institution and located
on the campus of the institution.
(e) A private or independent institution of higher
education in this state, after consulting with students, staff, and
faculty of the institution, may establish rules, regulations, or
other provisions prohibiting license holders from carrying
handguns on the campus of the institution, any grounds or building
on which an activity sponsored by the institution is being
conducted, or a passenger transportation vehicle owned by the
institution.

I believe HB937 (which I believe is officially dead at this point, or very close) had the same verbiage.

joe817 wrote:

J.R.@A&M wrote:Fair enough. I'm biased in favor of campus carry since I work in a university building. That aside, campus carry represents an incremental step in expanding concealed carry (which HB 308 obviously does in a more comprehensive way).

Both campus carry and HB 308 are making the same valid argument: Texas CHLs are relatively more law abiding and deserving of the removal of these restricted carry areas. This argument needs to be won.

Nothing more, IMO, expands the CHL's ability to defend themselves in more places we are currently prohibited from carrying, should the need arise, than these 2 bills.

You're very right about the political capital assessment. PErsonally, I believe that the original HB308 or Campus Carry would be more important than Open Carry, but with how much press OC has gotten, it's got to go. If it doesnt, the rebpuclican party in Texas will look like a bunch of baffoons, Abbot will have failed on a platform item of his, Patrick will have failed on one of his campiagn items (http://www.danpatrick.org/dan-patrick-d ... amendment/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;), and Straus will have failed to further an item of his platform.

I really, really, truly, sincerely don't understand this session. This spat over taxes is regonk too. Just pick one (sales or property) and cut it, or cut 50% on either side!

jason812 wrote: Except for restablishing the Bill of Rights, I wish most polititians were do nothings. Seems every time they do something the working man has to pay for it.

Holy hell, THIS.

I'm really having trouble understanding this session. I guess it just more of that my way or highway rhetoric.