TACT, Rep. Joe Moody, & Others Rush To Blame Campus Carry for Texas Tech Shooting

By Ammoland

AUSTIN, TEXAS –-(Ammoland.com)- Before the smoke had cleared on Monday’s tragic shooting death of a campus police officer at Texas Tech University, opponents of campus carry flooded the Internet with social media posts and press releases blaming Texas’ fourteen-month-old law allowing license to carry (LTC) holders to carry concealed handguns on Texas college campuses.

All available evidence suggests that Hollis Daniels, the nineteen-year-old shooting suspect with a history of run-ins with the law, was ineligible to hold a Texas-recognized LTC and was committing a felony by possessing a handgun on the Texas Tech campus. Furthermore, there is no evidence that Texas’ campus carry law impeded first responders or otherwise exacerbated this tragedy.

However, despite these facts, groups ranging from the Texas Association of College Teachers (TACT) to the Democratic Party of Texas made statements blaming Texas’ campus carry law, and individuals ranging from Texas Representative Joe Moody (D-El Paso) to Salon editor Sophia Tesfaye pointed to the shooting as a failure …Read the Rest

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