Cenk Uygur
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Professor Quits Over States ‘Campus Carry’ Gun Law
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October 10, 2015
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4:33Now PlayingAn economics professor at the University of Texas has decided to quit his job and move to Australia after the state passed a concealed carry law that allows students to carry guns on campus. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"A professor at the University of Texas at Austin says he is quitting because of the safety risks posed by the state’s new “campus carry” law, which will allow concealed handguns in classrooms, dorms and other campus buildings.
Daniel Hamermesh, an economics professor emeritus who has taught at the university since 1993, said in a letter to the college’s president that “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”.
The letter, published by the Daily Texan, said that rather than teach in Austin in fall 2016 and 2017, Hamermesh will “out of self-protection” instead spend part of next year at the University of Sydney, “where, among other things, this risk seems lower”.”*
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