Senate Bill 11 - "Campus Carry" Applies to All of Us

Recently, Senate Bill 11 was passed within the Texas Senate. This bill, otherwise known as the "campus carry" bill, allows students, faculty, and other members of Texas college and university systems to legally carry a concealed handgun while on campus grounds. Students will be eligible to carry concealed handguns at the majority of these institutions starting August 2016. The bill will go into effect for Junior colleges beginning August 2017. Private educational institutions have the right exclude this bill completely, if desired. In order to be able to carry on campus, students, faculty, and other institution members must complete and pass the required concealed handgun training courses and receive their accredited concealed handgun license. Many individuals, politicians and students alike, disagree with the implementation of Senate Bill 11 and believe that this will only cause more dangerous scenarios. This is an interesting article that applies to all of us as students, and may change the way we perceive our safety when walking around campus in the near future.