TX Senate Republicans Approve Concealed Guns on Campus
Republicans in the Texas Senate have approved that bill allowing people to carry concealed guns into public college buildings and classrooms. Gov. Rick Perry has already indicated that he’ll sign it, so it’s guns for everybody!
Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, who was a student at the University of Texas in 1966 when sniper Charles Whitman killed 12 people and wounded dozens of others, vigorously argued against the guns measure.
She predicted mass chaos if police respond to a call and find several people with guns drawn. “I can’t imagine the horrors if this passes,” Zaffirini said.
Wentworth was unmoved. He recalled the 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech University, when a gunman killed 32 people and said he wants to give students a chance to defend themselves.
“There was no one there to defend themselves in a gun-free zone that was a victim-rich zone,” Wentworth said. “I’m trying to avoid that type of situation.”