"harlo dutton - purpose of crafting amendment I had in mind was that police follow the law."
Very noble and all, but this is a very settled area of law, so in reality the effect is negligible or negative (depending on how poor that wording ends up being in practice), and all we know for certain is its addition made the bill take an extremely treacherous scenic route (whose delay may well have cost us a quality campus carry bill). I know the man had good intentions, but his imperfect amendment has been the utter enemy of "good" throughout the whole process. I'm sure he had no idea what he was risking, even when he 'accidentally' let a reworded version of his amendment get added in the Senate to kick off yet another potentially dangerous detour.
"The example they kept giving was an area containing a MIR machine that might yank a handgun from a holster and plaster it to the side of the machine. Another example might be a portion of the University given over to the use of students and/or faculty of unsound mind incapable of safely handling or storing a firearm."
Both of those sound vague enough to be prone to extreme abuse. Heck, the argument against campus carry is the mids aren't of sound mind and are incapable of safety. Congratulations; now they can codify it in law. The MRI example is good for closing off a
room; any bets on whether they'll try to extend it to the whole building and parts beyond?
"The House added the amendments to SB11, not the Senate"
Finally, I can now track this
live and not have to guess at what is happening
(and I knew it would have been the House, but wasn't thinking very hard
)
"my understanding is it allows universities to post specific buildings on campus (not the entire campus) and they are also required to report to the legislature every two years what buildings are posted and why. It certainly isn't great; but it is better than nothing."
I'm very skeptical, but perhaps between this bill and the 30.06 posting restrictions, there will be a foundation/precedent to strip the schools of their remaining posting ability in the coming sessions, in time for constitutional carry. That's as optimistic as I can be about this, since it is guaranteed most universities will be working shifts to find justification for closing every building and dorm on campus. Compressed gas bottles in labs, proximity to UT's nuclear reactor, poor security in shared dorm units, culture shock; you name it, they'll find a reason to get a sign posted, and it'll stay up for at least two years.
At least this will waste a lot of otherwise dangerous legislature time/energy to rubberstamp every session (or are we to expect they will actually give each posting the 'close constitutional scrutiny' it deserves?)
TCB
