Federal Judge Rejects UT-Austin Professors' Request to Block Campus Carry Law
Late Monday in Austin, Judge Lee Yeakel of the
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas denied three University
of Texas-Austin professors' request to block enforcement of the state's
campus carry law, which would have allowed them to prohibit concealed
handguns in their classrooms when fall semester courses begin on
Wednesday. Senate Bill 11, sponsored by Senator Brian Birdwell
(R-Granbury) and Representative Allen Fletcher (R-Tomball), supported
by your NRA-ILA, passed during the 2015 session of the Texas
Legislature and officially took effect on August 1, 2016.
In his ruling, Judge Yeakel rejected the plaintiffs' arguments
that their right to academic freedom and free speech overrides the new law
allowing the possession of licensed, concealed handguns on campus and in
classrooms. He wrote that they "failed to establish a
substantial likelihood of ultimate success on the merits of their asserted
claims" and were thus denied the preliminary injunction.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose office
defended the law in court, stated in response to the ruling: "There is simply no legal
justification to deny licensed, law-abiding citizens on campus the same measure
of personal protection they are entitled to elsewhere in Texas. The right
to keep and bear arms is guaranteed for all Americans, including college
students, and I will always stand ready to protect that right.”
Dear liberals: be careful bringing these suits like it was nothing because it is not nothing to try and lose. You have now set legal precedent that will be quoted over and over again in future legal battles. Your best bet at this point is to stop trying to control what other people are doing. If you are worried about getting shot I suggest that you wear a side arm and become proficient with it.
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