This language is from SB 350: "Except as provided by Subsection (e), an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education in this state may not adopt any rule, regulation, or other provision prohibiting license holders from carrying handguns on the campus of the institution."austinrealtor wrote:What is the penalty (for the professor) if a professor kicks someone out of class on suspicion of legally carrying a concealed weapon (suspicion, because they won't be able to KNOW who has a CONCEALED weapon). Is it just the loss of tenure/firing? Or is there some legal consequence to denying a CHL holder their rights under the law?
Furthermore, what in the bill is to stop a school from continuing to ban guns via student rules etc ... does the bill making do so against the law, thus any school attempting to enforce such is subject to legal or even criminal consequences for doing so?
So if an instructor tries to take matters into his/her own hands, they would making up university policy (which they have no right to do) and violating state law. If it were me, I would then complain to Dept. Head, Dean, Provost, etc. Regardless of their 2nd Amendment sympathies, at some point up the administrative food chain, I expect they will care more about procedures, legislative relations, and what the lawyers tell them.
Anyway, the answer to your question is, I think, the teeth of the campus carry is bringing administrative heat on the non-compliant state employees, er... I mean elite members of the Academy.
Faculty tenure does not give anybody protection against violating system policy. Anybody around here can be fired for cause. In these tight budget times, that should give them pause. Maybe that'll keep them from flappin' their jaws (sorry, got carried away with the poetry).