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Why the guns-on-campus debate matters for American higher education

  • Written by Steven J. Friesen, Professor, Louise Farmer Boyer Chair in Biblical Studies, University of Texas at Austin
imageWhat will be the impact of allowing guns on campus?Michael Tefft, CC BY-NC-ND

As of Aug. 1, 2016, a new law allows concealed handguns in college and university buildings in Texas.

It’s already had an impact on me as professor of religious studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Thanks to this law, I set foot in a federal court building...

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