Starting next year in August 2016, it will be easier for a gun to get into the University of Texas than it will be for a person of color.
People of color will continue to undergo the admissions process, no matter what the Supreme Court says in the Fisher case.
But guns? Licensed student-owners will be protected by Texas’ new “campus carry” law, passed in May and signed into law last June.
With a license and a high school diploma, you’ll be able to bring your gun and laptop to the new Wild West colleges and universities of Texas.
And if you were an administrator or professor hoping for a little discretion in following the law, you probably will spend the early part of 2016 talking to lawyers after last week’s opinion from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
In response to a letter from the Texas State Senate, Paxton answered six questions about whether a college or university had any wiggle room with Senate Bill 11.
Short answer: No.
