Prof Says Campus Carry Will ‘Shut Down’ Dissent
Um, okay…
From Campus Reform:
UT prof. says campus carry will ‘shut down’ dissent, free speech
A professor at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) is concerned that a recently enacted law allowing concealed carry in university buildings will “shut down dissent and free speech,” according to an interview with The Trace on October 5.
The law, which was enacted in May, will allow students with concealed carry permits to bring firearms into classrooms.
Lisa Moore, an English professor whose courses cover “not exactly light topics” including “feminism, abortion, homosexuality, transgenderism, and birth control,” believes that having armed students in class will create an unsafe environment. And if students are unsafe, they will be unable to have “an honest conversation” about controversial issues.
“We oppose guns in our classrooms as a direct assault on our free speech rights,” claims Gun-Free UT, an organization co-founded by Moore to protest the recent legislation.
According to Moore, professors will “have to look at ruling out anything—any subject matter—that might seem provocative” because, “we don’t want someone who will, when they’re uncomfortable, be able to shoot off a firearm.”
UT prof. says campus carry will 'shut down' dissent, free speech (Campus Reform)
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Uh, CHL does not allow a carrier to brandish or otherwise use their weapon just because somebody says something they don’t like. Wow, somebody so ignorant and stupid is teaching our youts? Say it ain’t so.
I guess that you have not met many current day professors. They are strong leftists and amazingly dumb.
If this professor thinks that some college administrator’s rule against having a gun is keeping people from shooting each other when they get offended, then he is an idiot.