{"id":2017,"date":"2016-02-24T08:01:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T00:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/02\/24\/new-campus-gun-laws-have-texas-professors-rethinking-their-curriculum\/"},"modified":"2016-02-24T08:01:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T00:01:37","slug":"new-campus-gun-laws-have-texas-professors-rethinking-their-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/02\/24\/new-campus-gun-laws-have-texas-professors-rethinking-their-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"New campus gun laws have Texas professors rethinking their curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ap_46862471685\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAyLzIzL2YxL0FQXzQ2ODYyNDcxLmNiM2IyLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/098080a6\/750\/AP_46862471685.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=New+campus+gun+laws+have+Texas+professors+rethinking+their+curriculum&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F02%2F23%2Ftexas-professors-gun-laws%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F02%2F23%2Ftexas-professors-gun-laws%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Faculty members at the University of Houston are clearly concerned about students being able to bring guns to class, an option that will come to fruition this summer when a new state law permitting students at public universities in Texas to carry concealed weapons on campus takes effect.<\/p>\n<p>Guns, once banned from Texas universities under previous concealed handgun laws, will be allowed in classrooms across the state starting Aug. 1 after the Republican-majority Legislature voted in favor of allowing licensed gun owners to carry their weapons on campus<\/p>\n<p>A recent faculty forum a the University of Houston focused on the impacts of the controversial law and offered advice for teachers on how to avoid confrontation with armed students. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/02\/23\/texas-professors-gun-laws\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/texas\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Texas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/us-world\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Us World<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/us\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Us<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/university-of-texas\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">University Of Texas<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/gun-laws\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Gun Laws<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/FDpWnnIwOUQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty members at the University of Houston are clearly concerned about students being able to bring guns to class, an option that will come to fruition this summer when a new state law permitting students at public universities in Texas &hellip; 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