The Students for Concealed Carry on Campus’s Empty Holster campaign is in its final two days. The protest will end with a metaphorical bang, when gun law writer John Lott (More Guns, Less Crime) makes the scene at a rally at Texas A&M University. (Their stats teacher needs to rally his troops STAT.) The SCCC campaign’s success is almost as hard to measure as the number of people who may or may not be participating. “[We’ve confirmed via Facebook that] a minimum of over 1,500 participants at 130 colleges across the United States,” SCCC’s Director of Public Relations told TTAG. “We know the number is higher. For example, only a handful have confirmed from Texas Tech, but estimates from a local paper down there are 900 students.” Not a huge number in either absolute or relative terms, then. But Empty Holster has certainly caught the attention of student newspaper op ed writers and the wider media. And Dave Burnett’s well pleased with the coverage—-although he seemed a bit gun shy on the phone, demanding to know my perspective on the issue. After I protested TTAG’s non-partisanship, Burnett explained the rationale behind the protest.
