Should state universities in Texas allow guns to be carried onto their campuses? That is the question that was presented to some state lawmakers Monday. Lisa Freeman has more in this Bobcat Update.
State lawmakers are considering a bill that would give people the right to carry a concealed handgun on campus if they are licensed.
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Bob Mann, a Journalism and Mass Communication lecturer, strongly disagrees with the proposal.
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The representative who wrote the legislation, Republican Joe Driver, says he believes a committee vote might come as early as next week. Representative Driver says he has 70 House members signed on at this point, but it would require 76 to pass in the House.
In the Senate, only 12 of 31 Senators have indicated that they will support the bill.
For Bobcat Update I'm Lisa Freeman
Bobcat Update, a student-produced newscast recapping events at Texas State University, and is available for viewing on YouTube.
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