Houston professors warned not to frustrate students now that new gun laws in effectProfessors at the University of Houston who are concerned about students having guns in the classroom have been instructed to avoid
sensitive topics and simply “not go there” if they sense their teaching is upsetting students. The recent passing of Texas’s “campus carry” legislation permits students to carry concealed weapons on campus and stipulates that professors “cannot forbid firearms
in class, or even ask who is carrying one.” A spokesperson at the university insisted that the warning to professors occurred during an unofficial faculty forum and was not part of the university’s official messaging. “The University of Houston takes issues
surrounding campus safety and guns on campus very seriously and will strive to create policies that comply with the new Campus Carry law, protect the rights of citizens, and address the safety and security of the entire campus,” the spokesperson said. |