Professor Quits Over Guns Allowed On Campus
Daniel Hamermesh plans to withdraw from the University of Texas at Austin because of the campus carry law that will go into effect in Texas in August 2016.
Texas Senate Bill 11 was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in June. It allows for concealed handguns into buildings on the state’s public campuses. (Private schools can opt out.)
All colleges are allowed to set their own rules on how firearms can be carried and where. UT Austin has yet to announce its policies.
Hamermesh taught at UT Austin from 1993 to 2014. Following his retirement in August 2014, he agreed to teach Introductory Microeconomics in fall 2015, 2016 and 2017, he wrote in a letter to university President Gregory Fenves:
With a huge group of students my perception is that the risk that a disgruntled student might bring a gun into the classroom and start shooting at me has been substantially enhanced by the concealed-carry law. Out of self-protection I have chosen to spend part of next Fall at the University of Sydney, where, among other things, this risk seems lower.
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29 responses to Professor Quits Over Guns Allowed On Campus
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whatthe46 October 8th, 2015 at 14:40
nice. more should follow his lead.
GiveP*****achance! October 8th, 2015 at 14:55
in fairness he retired in 2014… so I guess he will not “teach” his one class a year.
rg9rts October 8th, 2015 at 17:39
So whats your point?
GiveP*****achance! October 8th, 2015 at 17:44
what did he really give up?
rg9rts October 8th, 2015 at 17:47
He is setting the example…
GiveP*****achance! October 8th, 2015 at 17:53
yes..when it gets rough quit…. good for him
rg9rts October 8th, 2015 at 18:10
Yeah he’s retired …fer chrise sakes .whats your problem..one course probably 50 students to keep active.. physically and mentally
GiveP*****achance! October 8th, 2015 at 18:14
he is gone…it was too much for him…it’s ok…i hope they build a statue for him
cecilia October 9th, 2015 at 18:58
what is so difficult to understand They guy is retired and doesn’t want to be killed by some nut case rather than live out his remaining years in peace and quiet
GiveP*****achance! October 10th, 2015 at 10:37
good for him , i wish him the best!
GiveP*****achance! October 8th, 2015 at 17:49
Prof. Emeritus giving up his no pay job…a nice symbolic move…good for him..
amersham46 October 8th, 2015 at 14:59
Are ‘Quick draw ” classes going to be offered for credits
rg9rts October 8th, 2015 at 17:38
Only with charcoal
fahvel October 9th, 2015 at 03:32
by the phys ed dept, not the art dept, right?
Chris October 8th, 2015 at 15:55
He needs the rest of the faculty to stand with him in pressuring UT Austin to bar concealed handguns.
This is insanity. It would not surprise me in the least to hear some fundamentalist in the next year say, “Remember when we didn’t have to carry guns to be safe? Thanks, Obama!”
Robert Smithson October 8th, 2015 at 16:05
How did you folks come up with “open carry” in the headline when the story talks about “concealed carry”?
allison1050 October 8th, 2015 at 17:18
Bottom line works out to the same ending Bobby.
rg9rts October 8th, 2015 at 17:37
So it really matters if the 44 he sticks up your nose was in a holster or his jockstrap
Anomaly 100 October 8th, 2015 at 22:36
Umm…from the linked source perhaps?
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/daniel-hamermesh-ut-austin-guns
allison1050 October 8th, 2015 at 17:17
I don’t blame him in the least. Decades ago I worked at UCB’s Registrar’s Office BUT to have a law like that…a disgruntled student that’s under pressure for whatever the reason??? I don’t think so.
rg9rts October 8th, 2015 at 17:35
More faculty should follow his example…Let Gohmert teach
Robert M. Snyder October 9th, 2015 at 01:09
And some faculty will probably appreciate the fact that they are now allowed to carry.
rg9rts October 9th, 2015 at 02:12
Right…Gimme an A .
fahvel October 9th, 2015 at 03:30
dimwitting again eh?
bpollen October 9th, 2015 at 05:44
That way them Texas teachers can get back to teaching the Three Gs – Guns, Gawd, and… uhhh… I forget the other one.
No, Really October 8th, 2015 at 22:54
Don’t let the door hit you in the a $ $, pops.
Christina Downey October 9th, 2015 at 04:20
My last pay check was 7976 dollars working 9 hours a week online. My
sisters friend has been averaging 17k for months now and she works about
19 hours a week. I can’t believe how easy it was once I tried it out.
This is what I do…
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Jeffrey Samuels October 9th, 2015 at 08:00
why not have concealed weapons allowed on campus. After all, history has shown that college students have a high level of maturity… (must keep a straight face…)
FAIL!
madashellnow October 9th, 2015 at 10:21
You can medicate crazy, you can educate ignorance, but you can’t fix stupid!