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Two Years After Campus Carry Took Effect, Has Anything Changed?

Texas’ campus carry law was implemented in August 2016. But there’s not much critics or supporters can refer to to prove their point.

By Florian MartinOctober 1, 2018 9:30 amCrime & Justice, Education, Houston Public Media, Partner Organizations, Texas Newsroom

From Houston Public Media:

has been two years since Texas’s campus carry law went into effect.

And it’s likely to stay. Last month, a federal appeals court threw out a lawsuit by three professors at the University of Texas at Austin that argued the law stifles free speech.

Read more. 

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