Texas Hold 'Em: An Exploration of the Divergent Perspectives of Texas's Campus Carry Law

Autor/in	Beggan, Dominic M.
Titel	Texas Hold 'Em: An Exploration of the Divergent Perspectives of Texas's Campus Carry Law
Quelle	In: Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 43 (2019) 1, S.26-41 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-8926
DOI	10.1080/10668926.2017.1392906
Schlagwörter	College Students; School Safety; Campuses; Weapons; State Legislation; Colleges; School Security; Community Colleges; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Program Implementation; School Policy; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Weapon; Waffe; Landesrecht; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Community college; Community College; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Schulpolitik
Abstract	One of the most pressing concerns on college campuses today is student safety. To date, nine states have passed Campus Carry legislation and more states may follow. Texas was the eighth state to pass Campus Carry legislation. Specifically, in the 2015 Legislative session, the Texas Legislature voted to allow License to Carry (LTC) holders to carry concealed weapons on college and university campuses. This law, Senate Bill 11 (SB 11), took effect in the fall 2016 at four-year universities and, a year later, took effect on two-year college campuses across Texas. At the heart of this debate, are questions that will affect college campuses across this nation: will this law make colleges safer, or more dangerous and how practical is it to allow or prevent guns on campus? This article employed a case study approach to explore the perspectives held by faculty, staff and students at a Texas community college, which is currently implementing this new law. While the vast majority of Higher Education institutions opposed this new law, its passage in the Texas legislature was swift. At the onset of this study, the researcher speculated that the Campus Carry Law would be vigorously opposed by the faculty, staff and students, but surprisingly this research revealed dramatically different perspectives held by the stakeholders mostly centered around one issue: perceptions of safety. This research also seeks to outline policy considerations for institutions in states with similar pending legislation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01