University of Texas head begrudgingly OKs campus gun rules

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45. What would his resignation accomplish?

It would not change the law, and it would be quite easy to find someone to replace him.

Moreover, the law currently allows some discretion on where to permit guns on campus. If you've followed the story, you know that the president of the university tried to implement the law too allow for the minimum area of the campus to allow guns and still be compliant with the statute. If the president resigned, it's quite probable his replacement would be chosen to ensure even more areas of the campus allowed firearms. Similarly, such a political act could also backfire spectacularly, and the legislature could decide to simply mandate that guns be allowed in all locations on campus.

If you do not favor guns on campus, the president of the university should be lauded as an ally who's actually balancing his beliefs about campus safety with complying with the duly passed law.

Moreover, the only students that will be permitted to carry firearms are those who are already 21 and possess a CCL. This very small sliver of the student body hardly presents a true demonstrable threat, particularly since many other universities already allow guns on campus and they are not running red with blood, no less from this demographic group.