Holsters kept empty as symbolic protest on UCO campus

 
BY DARLA SLIPKE
Published: April 9, 2010

EDMOND — David Jenkins wore an empty black holster Thursday at the University of Central Oklahoma , protesting a state law prohibiting firearms on campus.

The political science student objects that he can’t carry his .380-caliber Ruger pistol at school even though he has a concealed carry permit and usually takes the handgun wherever he goes, including church.

He is participating in a protest orga...


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