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Posted on 09/24/2015 11:12:45 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
AUSTIN - A University of Texas at El Paso professor has hung a "no-guns" sign outside of his classroom, saying he opposes the recently-signed campus carry law and hopes it never goes into effect.
"The minute that the governor signed that legislation, I put up my sign outside the door," David Smith-Soto, a senior lecturer of multimedia journalism at UTEP, told the Chronicle of Higher Education. "Guns belong wherever they belong, but they don't belong in my classroom — or anybody's classroom, for that matter."
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“Guns belong wherever they belong, but they don’t belong in anybody’s classroom
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Senior Lecturer Multimedia Journalism
“Costa Rican-born David Smith-Soto brings more than 30 years of experience in bilingual print journalism, newspaper management and international public relations to UTEP. A Senior Lecturer at UTEP, he teaches digital photography, bilingual writing, multi-media journalism and serves as Executive Editor of Borderzine.com.
A bilingual writer, editor, journalist and photographer, Smith-Soto has served as Managing Editor of The Winchester Evening Star, Editor of El Nuevo Dia of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Latin America Staff Writer at The Miami Herald and Managing Editor of El Miami Herald.
He joined the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C. in 1985, serving as Chief of Publications and Associate Deputy for Public Relations, retiring in 2000. Smith-Soto earned a BA in English from the University of Maryland and an MFA in bilingual creative writing at UTEP.
there is, I believe, a general principles of law that states that, if there is a disadvantage due to ambiguity in a written document, the disadvantage falls to the one who wrote it. I find the document, “No Guns” ambiguous. In my view, I see it as an announcement that the classroom has no guns and needs some. I can only help by bringing mine.
Submit your resignation lest your fired as of midnight tonight.
Free speech belongs wherever it belongs, but it don’t belong in anybody’s classroom.
I guess he doesn’t realize that sign (red circle with slash over silhouette of a pistol) carries absolutely no legal weight in Texas.
The only thing that carries any weight at all in this state is the 30-06 sign. Or the new 30-07 sign, I guess.
I’ll have to take your word about the $30k; I tried to look it up on line but did not find it.
I’ll have to take your word about the $30k; I tried to look it up on line but did not find it. I thought it would be higher.
Better face that sign to the south. Bullets from Mexico have hit campus buildings more than once. It wouldn’t take much for the Zeta’s or some other gang to hold a classroom hostage. For the sake of the students, let’s hope it isn’t his classroom.
That explains it.
Concealed carry on campus will become Texas law in 2016. While some limited areas such as labs can be declared gun free zones, classrooms and dorms cannot. Only private universities can opt out of campus carry.
Probably more like 100K.
Concealed carry was recently approved for on campus in Texas. . .for a university the law takes effect 1 Sept 2016, and for community colleges the law takes effect 1 Sep 2017.
The guy doesn’t have a PhD. . .and a “Senior Lecturer” at a university without a PhD is quite unheard of. . .unless you have the proper political, sexual, activist bent. . .
His logic is so retarded you can’t even believe someone that stupid is teaching at that level. But them sewer water does seek its own level ......
I guess he won’t mind if someone brings a firearm then...
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