Send your comments to the UT Austin Campus Carry Working Group ASAP. Submit your comments here. The working group will submit their recommendations in December, so get your comments in now.
Sign a Petition. Find our petitions
Make a public statement with you department, office or organization in opposition to allowing guns in classrooms, offices and dorms. Examples of the many groups that have already made public statements are here
Let the media know what you think Write letters to the press and post messages on blogs, discussion threads, Facebook and Twitter
Post a “No Guns Allowed” sign outside any space that you manage on campus.This is legal until the date the law takes effect: August 1, 2016. Find examples here
Write Letters:
Tell the UT Chancellors that you don’t want guns in your classrooms, offices and dorms, and that they have the discretion to make this decision.
Message: you have discretion over meaning of the word “reasonable”, namely, no guns in classroom, dorms and offices.
Where to write:
- Contact UT Chancellor William MacRaven
- Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp
- Texas State University System Brian McCall
- UH Chancellor Renu Kathor
Tell the UT Presidents that you don’t want guns in your classrooms, offices and dorms, and that they have the discretion to make this decision.
Message: you have discretion over meaning of the word “reasonable”, namely, no guns in classroom, dorms and offices.
Where to write:
- UT Arlington
- UT-Austin
- UT-Dallas
- UT-El Paso
- UT-Permian Basin
- UT-Rio Grande
- UT-San Antonio
- UT-Tyler
- Texas A&M System
- Texas State University System
Tell the Boards of Regents that you don’t want guns in your classrooms, offices and dorms, and that they have the discretion to make this decision.
Where to write:
Tell your Texas Representatives that they should not harm the core values and reputation of the University of Texas by supporting or allowing guns in buildings and throughout the campus.
- Contact your Texas Representatives