Gun rights activists held a mock shooting at the University of Texas Saturday to protest new rules for carrying weapons on campus, while counter-protesters waved sex toys and made farting sounds to try to ridicule them.
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Higher Education
UT-Austin Task Force: Ban Guns in Dorms, But Not Classrooms
A task force at the University of Texas at Austin has recommended guns be prohibited in residence halls, at sporting events and in certain laboratories. But the suggestions do not call for banning handguns in classrooms.
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Higher Education
Fake Mass Shooting Moved Off Campus
A gun rights group plans to hold a fake mass shooting Saturday near UT-Austin to protest gun-free zones. The group decided to move it just off campus after the university said demonstrators could face criminal trespassing charges.
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Criminal Justice
Video: Starr on Campus Carry
At our 11/16 symposium on higher education, Baylor University President and Chancellor Ken Starr explained why the school would likely opt out of the state’s new campus carry law.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Texans Say Mental Health Top Cause of U.S. Mass Shootings
Mental health issues, gun laws, unstable families and media coverage get most of the blame for mass shootings in the U.S. in recent years, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Politics
Video: A Conversation with Martin O’Malley
Full video of my 11/12 conversation with former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.
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Criminal Justice
Analysis: Compensating for a Loss on Campus Carry Legislation
Campus carry opponents lost their fight to keep guns off of state college and university grounds, so now they’re making fun of the people who want to carry guns on campus. With sex toys. The next act in this political theater won’t be boring.
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God & Governing: Revisit the Project
In the 2015 Texas legislative session, state lawmakers frequently used their religious beliefs to defend their policymaking. Take a look back at “God & Governing,” our documentary-style series on the role lawmakers’ personal faith played in their legislating.
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God & Governing: Guns
Tune in to “God & Guns” — part 2 of our “God & Governing” documentary-style series — to see how lawmakers’ religious beliefs played into the gun rights debate during the 2015 Texas Legislature.
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Criminal Justice
Video: The Future of Criminal Justice Policy
On 10/6, I talked about the future of criminal justice policy in Texas with Derek Cohen of the Center for Effective Justice; state Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso; Douglas Smith of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition; and State Rep. James White, R-Woodville.