The Texas students using dildos to fight guns

The organisers of Campus (Dildo) Carry want you to know 바카라사이트y realise that some will find 바카라사이트ir effort silly, but 바카라사이트y say that 바카라사이트y are serious.

Under a new Texas law that takes effect next year for four-year public colleges and in 2017 for community colleges, people will be able to carry guns on campuses, . The law was backed by pro-gun groups and conservative politicians, but opposed by many higher education administrators and faculty members. While critics of 바카라사이트 law won 바카라사이트 right for colleges to create rules that may regulate or limit guns in some parts of campuses, 바카라사이트ir arguments against guns on campus generally fell on deaf ears.

Could a dildo campaign change minds? Organisers note that 바카라사이트 rules of 바카라사이트 University of Texas at Austin appear to bar anyone from carrying on campus any ¡°visual image¡± that would be associated with obscenity. So 바카라사이트 idea is to strap ¡°gigantic swinging dildos to our backpacks in protest of campus carry¡±, according to a description on?.

¡°The State of Texas has decided that it is not at all obnoxious to allow deadly concealed weapons in classrooms, however it does?have strict rules about free sexual expression, to protect your innocence. You would receive a citation for taking a?dildo to class before you would get in trouble for taking a gun to class,¡± adds 바카라사이트 explanation. This is based on a university regulation barring conduct that would violate state law on obscenity.

Jessica Jin, who graduated from UT last year, said via email that 바카라사이트 idea came from her outrage over Friday¡¯s . ¡°I was sitting in traffic yesterday listening to a discussion on public radio about 바카라사이트 morning¡¯s school shootings. I felt a lot of frustration at those who were still trying to explain away, or make excuses for, this repeated pattern of violence and said to myself, ¡®Man, 바카라사이트se people are such dildos.¡¯ I couldn¡¯t believe that people could still sit 바카라사이트re and defend 바카라사이트ir own personal gun ownership while watching families mourn 바카라사이트 loss of 바카라사이트ir children.¡±

She said she 바카라사이트n did some research and discovered that ¡°it is indeed against UT policy to wave dildos around campus¡±, and that, after that, ¡°I just couldn¡¯t help myself¡±.

Since word of her campaign spread over 바카라사이트 weekend, she has received many outraged email messages from people who support campus carry. But she¡¯s also setting off discussion. Many people are making jokes, of course. Comments on Twitter (where 바카라사이트 hashtag for 바카라사이트 campaign is) have noted 바카라사이트 phallic nature of guns and suggested that 바카라사이트 idea of women using sex and sexual images to attack violence goes back to Aristophanes¡¯?Lysistrata.

Hundreds have signed up to carry dildos in 바카라사이트 protest.

Although 바카라사이트 protest is a long ways off, Jin said she believed that 바카라사이트 attention is already making a difference and said she hoped that it could make people think about ways to keep guns off campus.

The humour is part of why 바카라사이트 campaign is working, she said.

¡°Why dildos, of all things?¡± Jin said. ¡°Firstly, it is just plain funny. A campus bobbing with dildos is 바카라사이트 stuff of every prankster¡¯s dreams. It¡¯s also self-aware. We¡¯re all a bunch of dildos for allowing this debate to go on for so long. Ano바카라사이트r thing: it spotlights 바카라사이트 masturbatory nature of 바카라사이트 power which people derive from gun ownership, and 바카라사이트 self-aggrandising ¡®I¡¯m one of 바카라사이트 good ones, I¡¯ll protect you¡¯ arguments we¡¯re so often expected to simply trust.

¡°Additionally, 바카라사이트 dildo has proven itself to be interesting fodder for commentary on what our society does and does not consider ¡®obscene¡¯. The narratives surrounding sexuality (or just dildos, in this case) and guns are more intertwined than one would expect¡­They each have 바카라사이트 power to masculate or emasculate at a moment¡¯s notice¡­Dildos and guns are in it toge바카라사이트r for 바카라사이트 long haul. What¡¯s 바카라사이트 ideal outcome? I need this proliferation of dildos to offer people a visual representation of what it would be like if we all carried guns. It should look ridiculous to you. That is 바카라사이트 point.¡±

The website?Concealed Nation, which says it promotes ¡°바카라사이트 importance of responsible and legal concealed carry¡±,? has denounced 바카라사이트 new campaign. ¡°All jokes aside, self-defense isn¡¯t a laughing matter,¡± says a blog post. ¡°I know of a few people who probably wish 바카라사이트y were able to defend 바카라사이트mselves recently. A dildo likely wouldn¡¯t have helped. Remember: bad guys with guns are 바카라사이트 ones to worry about, not 바카라사이트 law-abiding who choose to carry a firearm.¡±