COURT HEARS GUN CASE- A panel of judges on the U.S. 5th Circuit Court in New Orleans is set to hear arguments against Texas’ 2015 campus carry gun law. The case involves three University of Texas professors who are asking the court to make the law unenforceable inside a college classroom because they say it infringes on their rights and their students' rights to free speech.
Renae Hicks, represents one of the UT Austin professors , and explains more to Texas Public Media. “Because of the mere threat of having weapons in the classroom, which can have high-charged discussions about highly-emotional issues can have an intimidation effect on both us, that is the professors, and the other students.”
Michael Cargill is owner of Central Texas Gun Works and a concealed handgun instructor in Austin. He says these types of heated exchanges happen all the time in the State Capitol, a state building that already allows a concealed handgun owner to carry their weapon.
“So the classroom is not going to be any different as far as debates and people being able to express themselves," Cargill explained.
The 5th Circuit panel of federal judges will convene tomorrow in New Orleans to hear the professors' appeal.