Last week, the Students for Concealed Carry chapters at Texas A&M University and Blinn College did an Empty Holster Protest.  They received earned media attention from local news outslets; see coverage here, here, and here.

In addition to the protest, students hosted John Lott on the A&M campus to speak about the actual statistics and research that has been done on the effects of concealed carry laws.

"I really wanted to debate someone here, so they could tell me why they think banning handguns is a good idea, even though they can't show anywhere it works," said Lott. He continued:

I cannot find a single case where a country or city has banned firearms and the murder rate hasn't gone up.  I can't find a single one. I have been studying this issue for a long time. Every mass public shooting since 1979 with more than three dead has been in a so-called "guns free zone" where firearms are prohibited.... There is not a single peer-reviewed study that shows that concealed carry increases crime.  Not a single one!

CampusReform.org has just obtained open records information that confirms that Texas A&M University spent over $2000 to host propaganda performances by a Karl Marx impersonator.

Internal university records show that the Department of Teaching, Learning & Culture paid the Marx actor $1000 and paid over $1200 for theater facilities and staff.