That is the way I wrote it, but you're right, they can give a blanket authorization through the written regulation provision.srothstein wrote:Almost but not quite how I read the law, Brian. I do agree that the lack of a policy forbidding firearms is not permission to carry, but it does not require specific written authorization for each individual. If the university (or other school) had any written policy saying firearms were allowed, it would be good enough. The exact wording of the law is: "unless pursuant to written regulations or written authorization of the institution". To me, this means that if the student handbook did say any CHL could carry, then they all could.BrianSW99 wrote:No, under current law it is illegal to carry into a campus building no matter what the policy manual states. The only exception to this is if you have specific written authorization by the university to carry. If Texas State was routinely granting this permission, I think we would have heard about it by now.Gen7Texan wrote:Regarding your specific question about Texas State University, they're the only University in Texas that does allow carry and has no policy against carrying from what I remember. The recent law that died regarding Campus Carry forbade Universities from having policies against carrying, but Texas State never had such a policy anyways.
If I am misunderstanding what you wrote, I apologize. But the way you wrote it, I took it to mean that each individual would need to be granted specific permission, which is not true.
Brian