Federal Judge Rules Against UT Professors Who Wanted Ban On Campus Carry
Excellent news for the Second Amendment.
U.S. District Court Judge Lee Yeakel ruled against three University of Texas professors, who had sued in an attempt to prevent students with valid concealed carry permits from exercising their Constitutional rights on campus.
Last year, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a common-sense measure that would allow concealed carry license holders to carry concealed handguns on public college campuses. The law, it is worth noting, allows for college presidents to declare “gun free zones” on campus, and as you have to be 21 to receive a concealed carry permit in Texas, the law does not apply to the vast majority of college students.
The three professors at issue did not disappoint in immediately living up to the liberal stereotype of knowing nothing about guns or gun-owners, but being terrified of them anyway.
The professors — Jennifer Lynn Glass, Lisa Moore and Mia Carter — argued that students carrying firearms would prevent open discussions, because feelings might become inflamed.
Essentially, their argument was “we’re afraid of firearms, and we think anyone who owns a firearm is probably crazy, and surely our students are just as cowardly and ignorant as we.”
Luckily, the court recognized this for the ridiculous proposition that it was.
