Anti-Trump Activists at UT-Austin Too Afraid of Campus Carry to Protest Trump

By Ammoland

Dozens leading hundreds in chants against President Trump and in support of multiple causes. Still growing at UT tower @KVUE @ChristyM_KVUE pic.twitter.com/V7DmqFZ7cp

— Jason Puckett (@JasonP_KVUE) January 20, 2017

AUSTIN, TX – -(Ammoland.com)- Friday afternoon, as college students in other states took to campus quads to protest the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump, the campus of the University of Texas at Austin was eerily quiet.

Although the university is home to several activist groups that have publicly denounced the new commander-in-chief, the groups cited the state’s almost six-month-old campus carry law as their reason for staying home.

This outcome had long been predicted by many in the anti-campus carry movement. Even before Texas Senate Bill 11 took effect on Aug. 1, activists and editorialists warned that it would have a “chilling effect on freedom of expression.” Writing for the Huffington Post last Summer, John W. Traphagan, UT-Austin professor of religious studies and human dimensions of organizations, wrote:

[Universities] help to protect freedom of expression and, thus, democracy itself…What worries and saddens me as the new academic year begins is that the campus carry law in Texas may silence, …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand