On Wednesday, a Chronicle editorial on guns (oh my!) contained an embarrassing error:
Texas law prohibits guns in bars, schools and most areas of courthouses and college campuses. Local governments and churches have the right to prohibit firearms from buildings and meetings. Private employers can ban employees from bringing weapons into the workplace. Most mass transit agencies, including Metro, do not allow passengers to bring firearms aboard buses and trains.
METRO, of course, does allow passengers with concealed-carry licenses to bring concealed weapons aboard its vehicles, a policy change that the Chronicle reported in 2005.
The Chronicle did issue a correction:
An editorial on Page B10 Tuesday misstated Houston Metro’s policy on firearms. Texans licensed to carry concealed handguns can board Metro buses and trains.
Texans licensed to carry concealed handguns have always been able to board METRO vehicles! The issue was whether they could board the vehicles with their weapons (an issue that was misstated by the original editorial).
While it’s a pleasant departure from the norm that the Chronicle issued a correction to an error in an editorial (and did it quickly!), the language could have been more precise. It’s odd that professional writers/editors have such problems writing a precise correction.
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