Double Standard For Public & Private Colleges Extends Far Beyond Campus Carry

By Ammoland

AUSTIN, TX – Allowing only private colleges to opt out of Texas’ new campus carry law may be a double standard, but it’s the same double standard that always exists between the custodians of public property and the owners of private property.

During the December 6 2015 episode of Inside Texas Politics on WFAA—ABC’s Dallas-Fort Worth affiliate—Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Bud Kennedy commented;

“Let’s talk about why private campuses opt out [of campus carry]. I mean, [Senator] Brian Birdwell carried the bill. The biggest employer in his district is Baylor University, so I think we know why private universities [can opt out].”

That statement ignores the fact that the language allowing private colleges to opt out originated in campus carry legislation authored by former Texas Senator Jeff Wentworth (R-San Antonio), whose district encompassed the state’s fifth-largest public university but no large private universities.

Long before Senator Birdwell or even the NRA got involved with the issue of campus carry, Students for Concealed Carry publicly endorsed the idea that private colleges, like all private property owners, should be …Read the Rest

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