UT students protesting Campus Carry with adult sex toys


AUSTIN (KXAN) — As if the first day of college isn’t stressful enough, when classes resumed at the University of Texas Wednesday, students and staff were met with an influx of protests and rallies regarding campus carry, which was implemented earlier this month.

The first protest began at 8 a.m. with students carrying around adult sex toys in protest of the new law allowing concealed carry on campus. The group, Cocks not Glocks, is asking anyone against the concealed carry law to wear them on their backpacks through Labor Day.

“It’s supposed to be a safe space but I don’t feel safe,” Mia Barrera, a sophomore UT student said of campus carry. “Why give them guns? Especially when a school is supposed to be a safe place. It doesn’t feel very safe knowing that there are kids who can bring guns on campus.”

In direct response to that protest, Open Carry Texas carried clocks in favor of Campus Carry. They say students shouldn’t waste their time protesting instead they should focus on getting to class on time.

At noon, Rally to Resist met on the West Mall. Several speakers were present to speak out against the law as part of the group Gun Free UT. State Representative Elliott Naishtat, Austin Council Member Kathie Tovo and two professors who are suing for their right to say no to guns in classrooms also spoke out.

“Guns don’t make him safe or they don’t make any of us safer in any circumstance and the reason we know that it’s because we’re researchers and we consult the data,” said Lisa Moore, one of the professor listed as a plaintiff in a suit against the UT, the University president and the Texas Attorney General.

She and Mia Carter, two of the plaintiffs, spoke during the rally.

“I think this is going to be a long battle and there is no time to get mopey and discouraged about it,” Carter says. The professors’ suit was blocked by a federal judge earlier this week.

In addition to getting prepared for campus carry over the summer, UT officials also made safety and security improvements to campus as a result of the murder of Haruka Weiser in April. Right now the Department of Public Safety is reviewing ways to improve safety through lighting, security cameras, and access into buildings. Over the last few months, additional electronic systems to access buildings were installed. So far 70 out of 164 buildings have been upgraded.

This year school officials are also encouraging students to always walk with a friend at night, call UTPD to have their van shuttle them to different areas of campus, or call SureWalk.

“That was expanded over the summer time to include a golf cart as well as working 7 days a week from dusk until 2:30 in the morning to walk people around campus,” said Bob Harkins, Associate VP of Safety and Security at UT.
What Campus Carry Allows

People who have a license to carry will be allowed to carry on campus and into campus buildings (the handgun still needs to be concealed)
It will still be illegal to display a firearm in campus buildings as well as campus streets, sidewalks, etc.
Minimum age for obtaining a license to carry is 21
“Campus” means all land and buildings owned or leased by a public or private institution of higher education.
Schools may establish their own rules and regulations regarding “safe zones” and how students store their handguns in dormitories

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
I guess the privilege to carry a clock into school in good ol Texas may all depend on what suntan you were born with...

In response to the anti-campus carry Cocks Not GLOCKs campaign on display today at the University of Texas-Austin today, Students for Concealed Carry would like it to be known that they fully intend to coexist with their fellow hoplophobic students and faculty members. They’ve issued the following press release:

AUSTIN, TX – In keeping with the organization’s long-held position that individuals should enjoy the same rights on college campuses as virtually everywhere else, Students for Concealed Carry fully endorses the burgeoning movement of Texas college students who wish to openly carry oversized dildos on campus. Brian Bensimon, SCC director for the state of Texas, commented, “If carrying a phallus to class helps you express yourself, go for it. We welcome this demonstration that freedom of speech and concealed carry of handguns can coexist on the same campus.”

SCC does recommend, however, that students use their dildos for political or recreational purposes only. Using a dildo as a defensive weapon could classify it as a “club,” which, under Texas law, is illegal to carry in public and constitutes a felony if carried into a building on campus. Bensimon added, “Although SCC’s opinion shouldn’t be taken as legal advice, we feel that Texas students are on pretty solid legal ground as long as they use their dildos only as expressions of free speech or for the manufacturers’ intended purpose.”

 Frazzled wrote:
1. What does a clock have to do with it?

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2016/08/daniel-zimmerman/ut-students-concealed-carry-embrace-dildos/

In response to the anti-campus carry Cocks Not GLOCKs campaign on display today at the University of Texas-Austin today, Students for Concealed Carry would like it to be known that they fully intend to coexist with their fellow hoplophobic students and faculty members. They’ve issued the following press release:

AUSTIN, TX – In keeping with the organization’s long-held position that individuals should enjoy the same rights on college campuses as virtually everywhere else, Students for Concealed Carry fully endorses the burgeoning movement of Texas college students who wish to openly carry oversized dildos on campus. Brian Bensimon, SCC director for the state of Texas, commented, “If carrying a phallus to class helps you express yourself, go for it. We welcome this demonstration that freedom of speech and concealed carry of handguns can coexist on the same campus.”

SCC does recommend, however, that students use their dildos for political or recreational purposes only. Using a dildo as a defensive weapon could classify it as a “club,” which, under Texas law, is illegal to carry in public and constitutes a felony if carried into a building on campus. Bensimon added, “Although SCC’s opinion shouldn’t be taken as legal advice, we feel that Texas students are on pretty solid legal ground as long as they use their dildos only as expressions of free speech or for the manufacturers’ intended purpose.”

 Steve steveson wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

1. What does a clock have to do with it? You know it was a stunt right?
2. That kid's family went off to the GC states, didn't like it came back, and have now sued for $15mm.

In direct response to that protest, Open Carry Texas carried clocks in favor of Campus Carry. They say students shouldn’t waste their time protesting instead they should focus on getting to class on time.

The Ahmed Mohamed clock incident occurred when a 14-year-old boy, Ahmed Mohamed, was arrested on September 14, 2015, at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas, for bringing an alleged hoax bomb to school. The incident ignited allegations of racial profiling and Islamophobia from media and commentators.

Mohamed had reassembled the parts of a scrapped digital clock in a pencil case, and brought it to school to show his teachers. His English teacher thought the clock resembled a bomb, and she confiscated it and reported him to the school's principal. Local law enforcement was called and Mohamed was questioned by police for an hour and a half. After being handcuffed and taken into custody, and without being allowed to see his parents, he was transported to a juvenile detention facility where he was fingerprinted and his mug shot photograph was taken. He was then released to his parents. The reason for his arrest was allegedly for purposely trying to cause a bomb scare. The case was not pursued further by juvenile justice authorities; however, Mohamed was suspended from school.

 Easy E wrote:
Talk about putting up stiff resistance!

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Easy E wrote:
Talk about putting up stiff resistance!

Let's hope it doesn't flop and they can go the distance.

 Tactical_Spam wrote:
So they are trying to say that if you don't carry a gun, you're going to get fethed?

 Goliath wrote:

If a pair of these people were to be attacked, on whom was carrying a dildo, and one carrying a gun, and used said items to defend themselves, the person using the dildo would be arrest due to use of an illegal weapon.
Using a gun as a weapon is fine, but a dildo isn't? What the feth?!

 Frazzled wrote:

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Easy E wrote:
Talk about putting up stiff resistance!

Let's hope it doesn't flop and they can go the distance.

Maybe they just need some good batteries to juice it up.

 Ahtman wrote:
If this were in Oregon they would have 50 gallons of lube to help smooth things over.

 Frazzled wrote:
Thats a pretty long stretch from Ds to clock.

 Manchu wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
Thats a pretty long stretch from Ds to clock.

Maybe it's the L that's tripping him up.

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
This is what I like about the USA - even the amendments occasionally battle each other to the death, which in this instance, is 1st Vs. 2nd.

 Goliath wrote:

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2016/08/daniel-zimmerman/ut-students-concealed-carry-embrace-dildos/

In response to the anti-campus carry Cocks Not GLOCKs campaign on display today at the University of Texas-Austin today, Students for Concealed Carry would like it to be known that they fully intend to coexist with their fellow hoplophobic students and faculty members. They’ve issued the following press release:

AUSTIN, TX – In keeping with the organization’s long-held position that individuals should enjoy the same rights on college campuses as virtually everywhere else, Students for Concealed Carry fully endorses the burgeoning movement of Texas college students who wish to openly carry oversized dildos on campus. Brian Bensimon, SCC director for the state of Texas, commented, “If carrying a phallus to class helps you express yourself, go for it. We welcome this demonstration that freedom of speech and concealed carry of handguns can coexist on the same campus.”

SCC does recommend, however, that students use their dildos for political or recreational purposes only. Using a dildo as a defensive weapon could classify it as a “club,” which, under Texas law, is illegal to carry in public and constitutes a felony if carried into a building on campus. Bensimon added, “Although SCC’s opinion shouldn’t be taken as legal advice, we feel that Texas students are on pretty solid legal ground as long as they use their dildos only as expressions of free speech or for the manufacturers’ intended purpose.”

See, here's one thing in that paragraph that really doesn't make sense.

If a pair of these people were to be attacked, on whom was carrying a dildo, and one carrying a gun, and used said items to defend themselves, the person using the dildo would be arrest due to use of an illegal weapon.
Using a gun as a weapon is fine, but a dildo isn't? What the feth?!

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
Well, one is an object that is permitted under the Second Amendment because it is clearly covered by the right to keep and bear arms. The other is an object of which the primary purpose is sexual stimulation, and is covered by a state law that makes it a misdemeanor punishable by a $500 fine to intentionally make an “obscene display or distribution.” http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/PE/htm/PE.43.htm

Also UT has rules in place which prohibits the display of any “visual image” associated with obscenity, which would cover the dildo protest. So there are some nuances to consider before you try to equate a firearm and a sex toy used as an improvised club.