Professors who ban guns in their classrooms will be punished, UT lawyer says

The professors, and instructors are paid to teach, not to preach anti-gun rhetoric.

If its allowed on campus, professors should not be allowed ot overrule it. And besides I would think they should be CCW.

This is actually a property rights issue. Whose account is their paycheck written on. They are employees of the university, which is owned by the State of Texas. Texas has property rights, and thus sets general policy, in this case, through the chancellor or president of the university. He/she may have policies that differ and are specific to a particular site or activity on campus.

As far as I know employees do not have property rights, and cannot set policy contrary to employer policy. As an employer, as long as my policies are in compliance with the law, any employee who finds them unacceptable is welcome to seek opportunity elsewhere.

Of note, the three professors have filed a lawsuit. Their justification is

1) that voiding their ban is a violation of their free speech. Free speech on my part does not obligate anyone to comply with an imperative that I issue.
2) that they are being denied "equal protection under the law". A phrase in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all citizens. All I can say is "what?????".