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Texas professor claims concealed carry will force her to give A’s or get shot
The Coach's Team ^ | 7/15/16 | Doug Book, Editor

Posted on 07/15/2016 9:08:39 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax

Jessica Smartt Gullion, an assistant professor at the Texas Woman’s University, has decided that allowing students to carry concealed weapons would force the school’s educators to give students higher grades than they deserve.

On August 1st, the state’s campus carry law goes into effect, allowing individuals with a concealed carry license to carry a firearm in all 4 year colleges and universities throughout the state. University of Texas professors Lynn Glass, Lisa Moore and Mia Carter decided to file a lawsuit, asking for an injunction to prevent the law going into effect. They contend that the presence of guns in their classroom will “…chill speech in their ‘courses that touch emotional issues like gay rights and abortion.’” Funny, isn’t it though, that the people who can really be counted on to respond to emotional issues with some degree of violence are inevitably liberals!

In an article published by Newsweek and the Houston Chronicle, Professor Gullion declared that “…a question coming up for many academics is whether they would be forced to give A grades to undeserving students, just so they can avoid being shot.” The professor continues with:

In my five years as a college professor, I have had experiences with a number of emotionally distressed students who resort to intimidation when they receive a lesser grade than what they feel they deserve…

Allowing students to carry weapons to class strips off a layer of safety. Students are often emotional and can be volatile when it comes to their GPAs. Who would want to give a student a low grade and then get shot for it?

So according to the professor, students with a concealed carry license will intimidate instructors into giving them higher marks. Throw in the loss of that valuable “Gun Free Zone” guarantee of safety and...

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TOPICS: Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; concealedcarry; education; guncontrol; gungrabbers; liberalism; twu
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To: Oldpuppymax
She teaches sociology. My sociology 101 class was a complete waste.

Below are classes the snowflake teaches. Introductory Sociology

Principles of Sociology

Research Methods

Health and Illness

Sociology of the Apocalypse

Sociology of Ebola

81 posted on 07/15/2016 6:21:37 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: bk1000

Girls with... guns. Gotta love ‘em...


82 posted on 07/16/2016 6:35:44 PM PDT by Pelham (Barack Obama, representing Islam since 2008)
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