Ed Zachary. This is not a good solution.
Ed Zachary. This is not a good solution.
This is how it works at UT, but only for certain sections of buildings. For example, chemistry labs where there are explosive chemicals that could be ignited with a gunshot; or places where there are lots of children like a preschool, or research lab that only studies children.
So that means that if you need to go in the chemistry lab, you can't carry to or from lab, which might mean all day.
I can see how it's not good to carry in the chem lab, so what could be a solution that would allow people to carry up to the lab?
That's not what the bill says. It says:
It means that the building must have a "restricted access entrance," not that the building is simply declared "restricted." So, back to my original question. If a "key, keycard, code, or similar device" is not required at a particular time, is entrance restricted?
I understand that, same difference either way.
A lot of dorms have key card entrances, so this would mean nobody can carry in the dorms...?
Or to and from the dorm? In the parking lot at night?
There's just a lot of room for bs in this.
Or to and from the dorm? In the parking lot at night?
There's just a lot of room for bs in this.
Yes, it's an interesting problem, and one that UT hasn't found a solution for. Lots of proposed ideas, but none that will work (e.g., having a locker outside the area to temporarily store your gun in). My suspicion is that those areas are for the most part a "it's concealed, don't ask, don't tell" kind of thing, where is perceived as "safe" to do so. Some areas prevent carry without choice (i.e., around the fMRI machine, where it would pull it out of your holster and fly across the room). Another option is to try and utilize a close parking spot, and keep it in the car...but this is really difficult to do (there isn't much parking), and really expensive (where there is parking, you have to be rich to afford it).
In general, would you say it's pretty easy to carry on the UT campus, or are there so many restrictions that it's not worth the trouble?
Heh. Reminds me of a story I once read. Guy was carrying a 1911, and the MRI magnet did, in fact, pull it out of the holster and cause it to discharge. It sounds like a fantastic tale, one meant to cover up a negligent discharge, but the evidence supported no other conclusion: there was a discharge, but the spent casing was left in the chamber. The safety (which, for those not familiar with the 1911, prevents the slide from moving) was found to still be engaged, so the only explanation was the gun had struck (something) muzzle-first, causing the (inertial) firing pin to move forward and strike the primer; the round fired, but because the safety blocked any motion of the slide, the spent casing was not extracted and no new round chambered.
It's very easy. The restrictions are very specific (as mentioned previously), and for the most part are the same restrictions we have outside of campus (e.g., no carry in bars, children's schools, etc. that are on campus).
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