Gun Hero of the Day: UT-Austin’s John Doggett

By Dan Zimmerman

While the de rigueur ‘Keep Austin Weird’ signs can be seen at just about every dive bar, coffee house and organic food co-op, this place is really no different than any other larger college town. It’s only in comparison to the rest of the Lone Star State that Austin’s freak flag stands out so prominently. Towns like Madison, Ann Arbor and Boulder, to name a few, give ATX more than a run for its countercultural money. Still, as we’ve detailed, the epicenter of lefty thought here, the University of Texas, has its fair trade, ethically sourced, non-sweat shop-produced panties in a real twist over the prospect of students carrying concealed in class next year. But while the pitchfork bearers and dildo toters get all the press, not everyone is down with all the outrage . . .

Though his colleagues in the Liberal Arts department seem to be uniformly a-feared of the prospect of a strapped student body, at least one business school prof takes a much more reasoned view of the actual risks faced on today’s campus. Senior lecturer John Doggett doesn’t want to be lumped in with the lumpen professoriate and sent this reply to Professor Jorge …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns