Austin, TX -(AmmoLand.com)- Two and a half weeks after The Dallas Morning News debunked predictions that campus carry would cost Texas universities tens of millions of dollars, one day after the Fort Worth Star-Telegram confirmed the News‘ findings, and just hours after the editorial board of the Telegram published a staff editorial noting that dire predictions about the cost of campus carry “never made a lot of sense,” Gun Free UT—the anti-campus carry standard bearer in the Lone Star State—is doubling down on those refuted claims.

Three hours after the Telegram editorial appeared on the Internet, the following tweet was sent from the official Gun Free UT Twitter account: https://twitter.com/GunFreeUT/status/778056660115787777.

The tweet links to an eighteen-month-old Texas Tribune op-ed claiming that campus carry would cost Texas universities almost $60 million over six years—money that the author claims could otherwise be spent on cancer research. Shortly after that op-ed ran, the Texas Tribune ran a column by an SCC director, rebutting the notion that campus carry would place a serious financial burden on Texas universities.

The facts have borne out SCC's predictions about the cost of campus carry and disproved opponents', but Gun Free UT isn't about to let the facts interfere with a compelling argument.

As far as they're concerned, campus carry is a massive unfunded mandate. That's their story, and they're sticking to it.

About Students for Concealed Carry:

Students for Concealed Carry (SCC) is a national, non-partisan, grassroots organization comprising college students, faculty, staff, and concerned citizens who believe that holders of state-issued concealed handgun licenses should be allowed the same measure of personal protection on college campuses that current laws afford them virtually everywhere else. SCC is not affiliated with the NRA or any other organization. For more information on the debate over campus carry in Texas, visit WhyCampusCarry.com.

For more information on SCC, visit ConcealedCampus.org or Facebook.com/ConcealedCampus.