Texas Senate approves bill allowing college students carry guns on campuses

 

College students in the state of Texas could soon carry concealed weapons on their campuses after the state Senate gave final approval to a bill on Thursday. 

The bill now moves to the state House of Representatives where it will receive a vote. If it passes that chamber, it will move to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk for a signature.

Texas would join some 20 states in having so-called campus-carry laws if the bill is passed. The campus-carry bill applies to handguns.
Supporters of the bill claim that allowing students to carry concealed weapons on college campuses will make them safer, a point strongly refuted by the bill’s opponents.

The passage of the campus-carry bill in the Texas Senate comes in the same week that senators passed a bill that would allow citizens in the state to carry their weapons in the open. That bill also lies in the state House, awaiting a vote.

...TheIndependent