by KYW's John Ostapkovich
Some students on at least nine Pennsylvania college campuses are wearing empty holsters to class this week, to protest concealed weapons bans at their schools.
Twenty-nine-year-old Jeremy Clark of Bethlehem is a competetive shooter, finishing up his second year at Villanova Law School with a figurative bang. Clad in a shirt with a pro-self-defense message from the group Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, he says most people don't notice the empty holster at first, but when they do he has two themes:
"First, is to raise awareness and dispel a lot of myths about concealed carry and to show people that concelead carry actually helps reduce crime. The second goal is to get states and school administrators to change their policies."
Clark says about 10 other 'Nova students took part in the ''Empty Holster Protest'' but he doesn't have much hope the university will change its no-concealed weapons policy any time soon.
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