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TexasTowelie

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Wed Nov 30, 2016, 10:46 PM Nov 2016

Texas governor Abbott: Campus carry could have prevented Ohio State attack

Gov. Greg Abbott, commenting on the knife attack at Ohio State University that left 11 people injured, said Tuesday that someone would "think twice" about carrying out such an attack in Texas due to its campus carry law.

In an appearance on Fox News, Abbott suggested the law, which passed during the 2015 Texas legislative session, would have been a deterrent to people like Abdul Razak Ali Artan, the suspect in Monday's knife attack. A police officer ultimately shot and killed Artan, who had driven his car into a group of pedestrians and started stabbing them with a butcher's knife.

"It's instances like this where kids on campus could have guns, where they could have been able to respond initially," Abbott said. "I think that on a college campus like here in Texas, people will think twice before waging an attack like this knowing that they could be gunned down immediately."

Texas' campus carry law, which went into effect in August for four-year schools, allows students who have a license to carry concealed weapons in college buildings. Ohio bans guns on college campuses unless they are locked in a car.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2016/11/29/abbott-campus-carry-could-have-stopped-osu-attack/

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Texas governor Abbott: Campus carry could have prevented Ohio State attack (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2016 OP
Think twice lol. People who do this sort of thing think it 1000 times. unblock Nov 2016 #1
Shooting a car is highly effective. Buzz Clik Nov 2016 #2
Yeah, a gun sure could have stopped a car being driven into people. sinkingfeeling Nov 2016 #3
When the cop was there within two minutes and the suspect was dead in one of them..... Historic NY Dec 2016 #4
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