UT-Austin Dean Cites Texas Campus Carry Law In Resignation

Protestors gathered on the West Mall of the University of Texas campus to oppose a new state law that expands the rights of concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons on public college campuses and as o... Protestors gathered on the West Mall of the University of Texas campus to oppose a new state law that expands the rights of concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons on public college campuses and as of August 1, 2016, they can carry in campus buildings. Schools can however designate limited gun-free zones. (Ralph Barrera/Austin American-Statesman via AP) MORE LESS
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The dean of the architecture school at the University of Texas at Austin architecture announced his resignation on Thursday citing the state’s new campus carry law, The Texas Tribune reported.

Fritz Steiner said he had been previously turned down other job offers, but decided to accept the position of dean at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, his alma mater, in part because people will be able to carry guns on campus and in classrooms beginning August 1.

“I would have never applied for another job if not for campus carry,” he told the Tribune. “I felt that I was going to be responsible for managing a law I didn’t believe in.”

Steiner has led an award-winning program while at UT-Austin. He starts his new position on July 1, according to the report.

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  1. I spent most of college drunk, hungover, a ball of raging hormones, or some combination of all three…

    Firearms seems a good addition to the mix…

  2. Good for him, bad for us in Texas. I’d get the hell out too.

  3. Seriously, fuck that law.

  4. Avatar for tena tena says:

    Thanks, Abbott and Texas Lege for the brain drain.

    sigh

  5. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    I wonder if this is the beginning of a trend where talent leaves open carry states to head to bluer pastures.

    I hear toddlers are already leaving Iowa.

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