What censorship in college campuses actually looks like: Texas academics told to avoid 'sensitive topics' if gun law goes into effect (TheGuardian.com)

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A slide provides potential arguments against the policy, such as "Most parents don't want their underage children to attend a gun-enabled campus" and "The MILITARY doesn't allow guns in barracks and classrooms, why should there be guns in dorms and classrooms?".

"It's a radical law because guns have never really been a part of American university campuses," Snow said.

"The impact of the campus carry law on UT's reputation, recruitment and retention of both faculty and staff has already begun to be felt. I personally know of at least two cases of senior faculty hires in which a top candidate withdrew , citing concern over these laws," said Lisa Moore, a founder of the Gun Free UT group and a professor of English and women's and gender studies.

Last week's reluctant conclusion by the UT Austin president, Gregory Fenves, that under the law he will have to allow guns even in sensitive areas such as classrooms has underlined the complexity and contentiousness of implementing the law.

Even conservative-leaning places such as Baylor University in Waco, the largest Baptist university in the world, last week announced it too would forbid guns on its premises.

Ellen Spiro, a professor and Gun Free UT member, said the scale of the rejections by universities that had a choice showed that Texas politicians who backed the law are "Extremist legislators" serving the gun lobby not the academic community.

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