Women’s Gun Group Hails Campus Carry in Texas
“one of the best ways that we can help empower women”
More power to these ladies. Who can blame them for wanting to be able to defend themselves?
The College Fix reports:
A new women’s gun advocacy group highlights the popularity of Texas campus carry
Last month marked the anniversary of a major victory for the concealed carry movement in Texas – and the debut of a pro-gun group for women of all colors.
“Showing women that it is okay for them to carry a firearm is one of the best ways that we can help empower women,” Antonia Okafor, founder of the campus carry advocacy group EmPOWERed, told The College Fix in a phone interview.
In August 2016 the state began allowing students at four-year universities to carry concealed handguns on campus. The law permits anyone who is 21 years old and who has a valid concealed carry permit to bring their firearms with them to university grounds.
The law recently expanded to encompass Texas community colleges, as well. And a federal judge recently struck down a legal challenge to the law brought by three professors, strengthening campus carry advocates’ position.
At the same time, a new voice in Texas is rising up and helping to drive a movement of women protecting themselves by exercising their Second Amendment rights.
Okafor’s women’s carry group EmPOWERed debuts this fall at the University of North Texas. Coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the state’s campus carry law, Okafor’s activism suggests the growing popularity of carrying firearms on campuses.
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