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Even with the parking-lot bill, it isn't clear whether having a 30.06 sign would trump the employee's right to have a concealed weapon in a personally owned vehicle. The people who run colleges and some influential alumni did not want the parking lot bill applied to colleges. They very much did not want campus carry, and they got that wish.

At this point, the best you can do is watch whom to vote for in 2012, especially in the primaries for the state legislature. These races often are decided by a small margin.

Also support the TSRA.

Very few candidates at any level will come out and say exactly what they would do to support the RKBA. They all say they support the second amendment. Everyone says that, even the Bradys. The big clue is when they say, "I support the second amendment, but..."

I'm going to resist the urge to editorialize further about specific candidates or issues.

- Jim

What might happen in 2013 depends upon the exact wording of a statute that would be signed into law then. There are so many variables, including who would be governor, it is completely unpredictable.

With respect to private institutions, probably they would have to post 30.06 signs to enforce a criminal offense of carrying a concealed handgun on their property. They can post every square inch of their property. Some of them do now. If any campus-carry bill passes in 2013, you could do brisk business selling compliant 30.06 signs.

- Jim

PC 46.03(a)(1) remains in effect at least until 2013. It is a felony to carry a firearm in a private or public school building without written permission.

This is true for CHL holders and everyone else. (Otherwise it would be legal to carry a rifle or shotgun.)

While exceptions are rare, they are given to organized shooting teams and some students in law-enforcement programs who are not already certified LEOs. College of the Mainland in Texas City has such a program and has a shooting range on campus. It doesn''t sound like you could get an exception.

- Jim