Stories Related to Texas Poised To Pass Bill Allowing Guns On Campus

By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press
Sun, 02/20/2011 - 12:07pm

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas is preparing to give college students and professors the right to carry guns on campus, adding momentum to a national campaign to open this part of society to firearms....

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