Empty Holster Protests at Colleges

Students who don't like being ducks in a shooting gallery have come up with a novel way to protest laws that prohibit the carrying of concealed weapons on university campuses. They've taken to wearing empty holsters:

Students at college campuses across the Carolinas and the nation are wearing empty gun holsters to class this week to support the legalization of concealed weapons by licensed carriers at school.

Under North Carolina law, it is a felony to bring any firearm onto school property.

David Dunn, UNC Charlotte vice chancellor for university relations and community affairs, said there is no talk of changing the statute.

Protestors say they want to be able to protect themselves should something like the Virginia Tech mass shooting happen again.

UNC Charlotte protest organizer Jennifer Solesby, 27, said the reaction to the empty black holster hanging from her hip has been minimal.

"I've gotten some weird looks, but they are mostly `I don't know what that is' looks," she said....

"We're not necessarily talking about stopping mass shootings," Blatt said. "We're not saying (having concealed weapons on campus) would have prevented it, but it would have leveled the playing field."

So, what do the school's think about these protests?

Solesby and school officials worked out guidelines for the protest. Participants had to give their teachers a heads-up at the start of class if they wore a holster.

Even the act of wearing an empty holster constitutes a threat to the clueless school faculty.

I think this is a very creative way for students to express themselves in this debate, but I fear it will take many more mass shootings before the lefties ever wake up and realize how foolish these gun bans really are.