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Rodney Ellis D-Houston reads information during the Senate Committee on State Affairs as they listen to testimony relating to guns on campus and open carry on February 12th, 2015" class="lightbox"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150724225259im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/12/7C2A1206_jpg_312x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Sen. Rodney Ellis D-Houston reads information during the Senate Committee on State Affairs as they listen to testimony relating to guns on campus and open carry on February 12th, 2015"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150724225259/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/12/7C2A1206_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Sen. 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