campus carry faculty forum-2016

8/20/2019 Campus Carry Faculty Forum-2016

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UH Faculty Senate


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UH Faculty Senate

Campus Carry Faculty Forum

January 27, 2016February 3, 2016

(February 15, 2016)

A faculty dscusson around campus carry,academc freedom, and t!e ne" "orld of

!#!er educaton n $e%as&


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UH Faculty Senate

Campus Carry 'utlne

$!e Facts on 11

*+ CC$F and olcy (Currently -raft)

.our 'ptons Faculty enate /ecommendatons

oltcal conte%t


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UH Faculty Senate

nformaton

'ur responsblty s to be nformed

est ummary of $e%as Campus Carry

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't!er"se oo#le s your frend


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UH Faculty Senate

/eurements for C+ (+)8 e#al resdent at least 21 years old, not con9cted or c!ar#ed "t! of a felony or

fu#t9e from :ustce&

8 ;ot a c!emcally dependent person or ncapable of e%ercsn# sound :ud#ment"t! respect to t!e proper use and stora#e of a !and#un,

8 s fully ualfed under applcable federal and state la" to purc!ase a !and#un,

8 ;ot delnuent n ma4n# c!ld support or ta% payments&8 ;ot currently sub:ect to a restrann# order affectn# a spousal relatons!p,

8 +as not led on a C+ applcaton

8 ass a bac4#round c!ec4

8 ass < !ours mnmum of trann#&

8 ass a #un ran#e test


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UH Faculty Senate

Prior to Jan 1, 2016: CHL Law

A C+ !older can carry a concealed !and#un on campus

#rounds but not n buldn#s&

After Jan 1, 2016: Open Carry, but not on campus!

'pen !and#uns are stll lle#al on campus, Concealed

!and#uns are le#al on #rounds, but are banned frombuldn#s& C+ s no" +&

After Auust 1, 2016: Campus Conceae" Carry

Concealed !and#uns are allo"ed e9ery"!ere ("t! somerestrctons), but may not be dsplayed&


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UH Faculty Senate

$!e ;e" ;ormal (=1)

tudents, faculty and staff "!o are C+ !olders "ll beallo"ed to carry concealed !and#uns n most areassub:ect to some restrctons&

-raft >A polcy detaln# t!e crtera and proceduresfor e%cluson ?ones s nearly ready for comment&

$!ere s a la" e%plctly bannn# t!e establs!ment of@lle#al e%cluson ?ones, "t! fnes of up to B10day&

t can #et "orse f t!e e#slature or oard fnds our rulestoo restrct9e&


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UH Faculty Senate

9n# "t! 11

C/$CA no" t!e la", and follo" t& uns cannot be banned from t!e classroom&

Classroom dsturbances n9ol9n# #uns, or t!e

t!reat of 9olence are e%tremely serous& Concealed means concealed &

Call t!e cops 33333, D11&

-' ;'$ confront a student&


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UH Faculty Senate

>o9n# For"ard


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UH Faculty Senate

'pton 1 >nmalst

$!ere s no need or reurement to say or post anyt!n#re#ardn# !and#uns n class&

t s not reured, nor s t forbdden to tal4 or as4 aboutC+ status, but not ad9sable&

C+ !olders are not reured to ans"er uestons aboutt!er lcense or #un possesson to anybody but la"enforcement&

;';C+ students may !a9e uestons re#ardn#campus carry& t s mportant to ans"er t!ose uestonstrut!fully and mnm?e an%ety&


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UH Faculty Senate

'pton 2 ost le#al s#ns

#0$0% (annn# 'pen Carry) s smply a remnderof t!e state of la" re#ardn# open carry oncampus& Currently, you can post t, and t!ereEs

no reason t "ouldnEt be le#al after =1 et!er& #0$06 (annn# concealed carry) s le#al no", but

canEt be posted after =1& o donEt do t!at&


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UH Faculty Senate

30&0730&06 *ntl =1


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UH Faculty Senate

'pton 3 >ore a##ress9e

Adopt syllabus lan#ua#e

− uote t!e F resoluton @uns !a9e no place n t!eacademc lfe of t!e *n9ersty

−

>a4e up your o"n statement >a4e clear t!at any re9eal "ll be dealt "t!

se9erely Conceae" is conceae"&

As4 for a s!o" of !ands "!o "ould prefer t!atpeople lea9e t!er #uns !ome& As4 t!at lcenseesunderstand and abde by t!e "ll of t!er peers&


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&' (ecommen"s )O* *O

G%plctly ban #uns (tEs lle#al)&

As4 for C+ !olders to declare t!emsel9es

As4 any student t!er C+ status

>a4e pro9ocat9e statements

>a4e up cute s#ns

tEs n your nterest and t!e *n9erstyEs nterest tobe 9ery #uarded and careful about t!s ssue&


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UH Faculty Senate

.ou may "ant to

e careful dscussn# senst9e topcs -rop certan topcs from your currculum

;ot @#o t!ere f you sense an#er

mt student access off !ours o to appontmentonly offce !ours

'nly meet @t!at student n controlledcrcumstances


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UH Faculty Senate

oltcal Conte%t

* Campuses !a9e al"ays been #un free (*HA oard of 9stors 1=27)&

;/A drafted @afe Campus rotecton Act model le#slaton 200=&

Adopted by AGC soon after& ntroduced n many states, but 9oted do"n nmost, most recently Florda&

$e%as resolutons n 200D, 2011, 2013 "ere 9oted do"n, 11 passed n2015 o9er nearunanmous ob:ectons of $e%as academc communty&

Coponsors "ere !ea9ly supported by *+AC members&

ntent s to normal?e #uns lttle by lttle n e9ery aspect of socety so t!at #un

o"ners can act freely and at t!er complete dscreton n all spaces& ncludes c!ools, !osptals arports, arplanes, all are stated #oals&


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UH Faculty Senate

tEs a $e%as t!n#oo#le searc! terms

@Campus Carry

2007 200D 2011 2013 2015

@Campus Carryearc!es by tate


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UH Faculty Senate

Ar#uments oor @Em scared of #uns

etter @>y students are scared of ot!er students #uns

' @*n9ersty s!ootn#s, e9en crme, are e%tremely rare at *+& ' @Any dot can #et a C+, tEs :ust < !ours of trann# and a test "t! a 70I pass and unlmted repeats&

ood @-rn4n#, an#er ssues, rresponsble be!a9or are sadly not rare at *n9erstes&

ood @t restrcts t!e access of students to t!er professors

ood @>ost students, faculty and staff feel t!reatened and resentful, not protected by concealed "eapon carrers

ood @C+ are :ust 3I of t!e adult populaton, and less students& $!ey are not "ell enou#! traned to pro9de any 4nd ofprotecton& nstead t!ey are a !u#e accdent rs4&

G%cellent @>ost parents donEt "ant t!er undera#e c!ldren to attend a #unenabled campus

G%cellent @$!e >$A/. doesnEt allo" #uns n barrac4s and classrooms (outsde of "eapons trann#), "!y s!ould t!erebe #uns n dorms and classrooms

G%cellent @H#lante Justce !as no place n a *n9ersty&

$oo obscure @Jo!n Kayne "as on t!e sde of James te"art, not ee >ar9n n The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence&

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