Texas college students at center of gun legislation debate

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Los Angeles Times (CA)

By Paul Meyer

"Konrad Sliwowski stood in the shadow of the University of Texas clock tower surrounded by the lunchtime clamor: the student election volunteers in handmade 'Vote Big John' T-shirts, the Lego Club, and activists against human trafficking stationed near fliers advertising a screening of 'Airplane!'"

"'I don't like guns in any kind of situation,' the 22-year-old senior said recently while passing out fliers for a lecture on Rwanda. 'School is already an emotional battleground. To add on a physicality to it, you could really stir things up.' ..."

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