Would Guns be Allowed in Texas Classrooms if They Were More like Stadiums?

Back-to-school now includes guns, thanks to the new campus carry law that took effect in the state of Texas.

Most private colleges in Texas (like Rice and Southern Methodist) have the right to opt out of the law. Public schools, however, are subject to the law and that means iconic schools like The University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M, and revered HBCUs like Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern.

Better hold your breath. No one really knows how any of this will work out.

A last-minute injunction failed to interest a judge who could have blocked the law from going into effect last week. And now the attorneys for the University of Texas professors who have challenged the law are preparing for trial.

At issue isn’t so much whether we will see some horrific violence of the likes of a Virginia Tech. Or if carry laws would prevent such an event and elevate a band of pistol-packing campus heroes to a new level of “academic militia men.”  More likely, we’ll see an increase of armed persons on campus simply having a “bad day.”

Gun supporters insist carry laws will act as a deterrent to crime.

But what was wrong with simply beefing up existing security?