Anti-Trump Activists at UT-Austin Too Afraid of Campus Carry to Protest Trump

Dozens leading hundreds in chants against President Trump and in support of multiple causes. Still growing at UT tower @KVUE @ChristyM_KVUE pic.twitter.com/V7DmqFZ7cp

— Jason Puckett (@JasonP_KVUE) January 20, 2017

AUSTIN, TX – -(Ammoland.com)- Friday afternoon, as college students in other states took to campus quads to protest the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump, the campus of the University of Texas at Austin was eerily quiet.

Although the university is home to several activist groups that have publicly denounced the new commander-in-chief, the groups cited the state’s almost six-month-old campus carry law as their reason for staying home.

This outcome had long been predicted by many in the anti-campus carry movement. Even before Texas Senate Bill 11 took effect on Aug. 1, activists and editorialists warned that it would have a “chilling effect on freedom of expression.” Writing for the Huffington Post last Summer, John W. Traphagan, UT-Austin professor of religious studies and human dimensions of organizations, wrote:

[Universities] help to protect freedom of expression and, thus, democracy itself…What worries and saddens me as the new academic year begins is that the campus carry law in Texas may silence, or at least significantly quiet, those exchanges, discussions, and debates. Fear has a tremendous power to mute those who might otherwise express controversial opinions and ideas. An environment governed or shaped by fear is anathema to free expression of thought and, thus, to the mission and purpose of a university.

As the inauguration played out in D.C., only a single person was spotted walking across the UT campus in Central Austin. He refused to give his name but identified himself as a professor of thirty years.

“I’m only here because I left my car keys in my office,” he said. “I still hope to be long gone before the shooting starts.” He glanced nervously around before adding, “I miss the old days, when campus was filled with the sounds of protests and lively debates rather than with the sound of gunfire.”

[Can’t make this stuff up, LOL ~ AmmoLand]

With that, he covered his head with his briefcase and ran for the nearest building.

ABOUT STUDENTS FOR CONCEALED CARRY — Students for Concealed Carry (SCC) is a national, non-partisan, grassroots organization comprising college students, faculty, staff, and concerned citizens who believe that holders of state-issued concealed handgun licenses should be allowed the same measure of personal protection on college campuses that current laws afford them virtually everywhere else. SCC is not affiliated with the NRA or any other organization. SCC is a serious organization that occasionally resorts to satire such as the mock press release featured above. For more information on SCC, visit ConcealedCampus.org or Facebook.com/ConcealedCampus. For more information on the debate over campus carry in Texas, visit WhyCampusCarry.com.

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