Did A UT-Austin Economics Professor REALLY Quit Over Campus Carry?

By Bob Owens

A hysterical University of Texas economics professor has quit his post and announced plans that he’s going “Down Under” as a result of a new gun law taking effect that will allow college students with a concealed carry permit to carry concealed in campus buildings.

An esteemed economics professor at the University of Texas at Austin resigned in the wake of a new open carry law that could allow people to have concealed weapons in college buildings.

The law’s supporters argue it will help protect students and faculty in the event of a shooting. But, Daniel Hamermesh, who is the Sue Killam Professor Emeritus, wrote in a letter to University President Greg Fenves that the law enhanced the “risk that a disgruntled student might bring a gun into the classroom.”

“The issue is not people like me, I’m small potatoes, the real issue is that for Texas, for people who are thinking about coming here, they have lots of alternatives. The ones we want to hire here do have alternatives,” he wrote in the letter, which was published by Texas’s KXAN.

The law goes into effect Aug. 1, 2016 and would allow licensed gun owners to carry concealed weapons into classrooms …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms