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TX: The Campus Carry Debate Isn’t as Simple as Guns Versus No Guns
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To these people it makes no difference that the armed citizens who caused confusion for Dallas police were carrying rifles, not handguns; that the guns were carried openly, not concealed; that the guns—at least some of which were purportedly unloaded—were carried as a form of protest, not as a measure of self-defense; that proponents of campus carry have never claimed that the licensed, concealed carry of handguns offers defense against a sniper firing from a concealed position; that concealed carry is about personal protection, not public protection; or that Texas license to carry (LTC) holders are taught to move away from the sound of gunfire and stay out of the way of police. |
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All true, but trying to explain all that to an "undecided" will glaze her eyes over.
The KISS principle applies.
Folks who have no knowledge of guns, tactics and the law are virgins. Virgins are traditionally taught to protect their virginity at all cost.
And that is what we're up against.
The only way to break through is to place their perception, via conversation, in the position of facing an attacker with a gun or without one.
And repetition counts. They won't get it the first time, or probably even the second or third. But repeating it enough will plant the seed that they will eventually contemplate in their private thoughts, in their private time.
And that stands the best chance of bringing them around. |
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