By Erik Rodriguez
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Heather C. Galloway outside Honors College
Courtesy of Ron Silva
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Beginning August 1, 2016 Texas senate Bill 11 (SB 11) often mentioned as “Campus Carry” will take effect at Texas State University. With the date approaching, many campus members are feeling an uncertainty over the future environment of the campus.
Heather C. Galloway, Dean of Honors College at Texas State University, is opposed to the campus carry law, and said she had reason to believe that other universities that have enacted Campus Carry are encouraging faculty to avoid discussing controversial topics.
“The campus environment does not improve by allowing students to legally carry firearms” she said. “My biggest concern is that it might change how we interact with students.”
Campus Carry Opposer Terry Bertling is an adjunct lecturer at Texas State University.
Bertling believes that the option private universities have on opting out of
this law should be afforded to public universities as well.
“As
someone who teaches, I’d rather not have students who carry” she said. “It
doesn’t create a good environment for learning.”Faculty members aren’t the only ones uncertain of the effects of Campus Carry, Texas State students also feel uncertain over the mixing of the school system and gun laws.
Hakeer
Kaymore, Business Management major at Texas State University, opposes Campus
Carry. She said students will feel more scared to speak up because of other
people’s reactions.
Alex Molina, Political Science Major at Texas
State University, strongly opposes Campus Carry.
“This
is a place of education, we don't welcome guns here” He said. “We should
separate both of those things.”
Melanie Bush who is a Texas State student doesn’t see the need for carrying a
gun on campus.
“Some
people feel more powerful and stronger when they have a weapon, but it doesn’t
necessarily mean that it’s going to fix anything,” she said.
Although there is a majority of anti-carry perspectives made
up of both faculty and students, a portion of dissent does appear from those
who are in the middle of this debate. Jesse Miara, Computer Science Major at Texas State, is partially for Campus Carry. He said it’s a constitutional right that deserves to be exercised.
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Photo of Terry
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Photo of Hakeer Kaymore
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Photo of Alex
Molina
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Photo of Melanie Bush
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Photo of Jesse
Miara
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