The Media Refuses to Learn the Facts About Campus Carry

By AmmoLand Editor JE

AUSTIN, TEXAS -(Ammoland.com)- The headline of an article by Patch.com staff writer Tony Cantu declares, “Texas University Put On Lockdown Amid Reports Of Armed Man Later Found To Just Be ‘Open Carry’ Fan.” The article reads:

The unintended consequences of the state’s “open carry” law — enabling gun owners to carry their long rifles freely to express their ardent support of the 2nd Amendment — was dramatically felt at a university placed on lockdown as a result.

Ultimately, the man turned out not to be a threat, per se, but a rifle owner availing himself of the state’s “open carry” law allowing him to walk around in public with his long gun strapped across his back.

The law took effect on Jan. 1, a piece of legislation that was aggressively championed by GOP conservatives — led by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott — who embrace gun ownership as a plank of their political platform.

But the man made the mistake of walking on the property encompassing a private university, one of a long list of private institutions of higher learning that have opted …Read the Rest

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