Open Carry Chaos In Texas: Overreaction Or Bad Decisions?

By James England

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — A man openly carrying a rifle was spotted on private university campus property. This prompted a lock down as students and faculty barricaded in place and called authorities. Despite the panic and hysteria, the man at no point indicated he was a threat to anyone. Police walked up to him and asked him to leave the premises. He complied.

via Patch

“Campus on lockdown,” the student texted a Patch reporter. “Me, my instructor and three students barricaded ourselves in the studio in the dark. We don’t know what is going on.”

Our Lady of the Lake University is a private institution and has the choice to opt out of the new Texan gun law reforms which allow Texans to carry on campus. The law only applies to universities which accept public funds — something Our Lady of the Lake University does not do. Thus, it’s within their rights to not allow open or concealed carry on campus.

It’s not readily apparent whether or no the man was a student but it is clear that he was trespassing on private land.

Here’s the big distinction: private land.

When a person or entity owns a patch of land, he has the right …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation