Op-Ed Describes The Success of Texas Campus Carry Law

By Tom Knighton

When Texas passed campus carry, the usual suspects predicted doom and gloom. The halls of academia would run red with blood. Students would gun down teachers in a fit of rage at a bad grade. Campus parties would turn into shoot-em-ups in no time. The horrors would be endless.

Then Texas passed it, the law went into effect, and nothing happened.

Joseph Warta, a regional director with the National Association for Gun Rights, recently penned an op-ed about just how successful campus carry has been in Texas.

But the grave threat to academic freedom claimed by professors has been nothing more than fear-mongering. In fighting against campus carry, the professors argued that students able to carry firearms into their classrooms made them fearful of discussing controversial topics. Tempers might flare, they said, and the situation could escalate into violence. They were especially incensed that the law did not let them individually ban firearms from class.

Some professors went so far as to transfer to another school or engage in performance art. Charles K. Smith, a community college professor at San Antonio College, came to class wearing body armor to protest the passage of a similar campus carry law …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms