Campus Carry

The Republican-led New Hampshire House passed campus legislation February 5 which would end gun-free zones on college and university campuses in the state.

Wisconsin Democrats are pushing a ban that would end licensed concealed carriers’ ability to be armed for self-defense on college campuses. 

Campus carry on public college campuses and technical schools took effect July 1, 2025, in South Dakota. 

Kathleen Passidomo (R) made it clear Monday that her committee will not take up legislation designed to repeal the minimum gun purchase age of 21 years. 

Florida state Sen. Ileana Garcia (R) joined with Democrats three weeks before the FSU shooting and rejected legislation that would have allowed students to be armed for self-defense.

Florida state Sen. Ileana Garcia (R) voted with Democrats to defeat campus carry legislation in the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice.

The Florida Senate’s Criminal Justice Committee is weighing legislation Tuesday which would allow college students to carry firearms on campus for self-defense. 

Legislation to allow the campus carry of firearms for self-defense has passed the South Dakota Senate and is moving to the House. 

Campus carry for self-defense will become illegal in Colorado when Democrat-sponsored SB24-131 takes effect on July 1, 2024.

Arizona State Sen. Wendy Rogers (R) is pushing legislation to allow college students with concealed carry permits to be armed for self-defense on campus. 

Gov. Jim Justice (R) signed campus carry legislation into law Wednesday morning, making West Virginia the 12th campus carry state in the Union. 

College students aged 18–20 are getting Texas concealed handgun permits to carry firearms for self-defense on college campuses and in businesses around the Lone Star State.

Sports commentator Rich Eisen pushed gun control during his program on Thursday and blasted constitutional carry by citing a shooting that occurred in a state that does not have constitutional carry.

Gov. Jim Justice (R) says he will sign campus carry legislation within “a matter of seconds” of it reaching his desk, noting that an armed student may be able to stop a campus attacker in West Virginia. 

The West Virginia House of Delegates passed campus carry legislation by a margin of 84-13, sending the legislation to Gov. Jim Justice’s (R) desk to be signed.

On Wednesday morning Michigan State University’s Rock on Farm Lane had been painted with the message, “Allow us to defend ourselves and carry on campus.”

Breitbart News recently sat down with Gov. Brian Kemp’s (R) deputy chief of staff Bert Brantley and discussed pro-Second Amendment actions Kemp can take to preserve Georgia’s gun-friendly reputation.

A staff member at Georgia’s Oconee County Primary School was fired after she accidentally left her purse in a school restroom overnight and a firearm was discovered in it. 

Montana’s Board of Regents is vowing to fight a new state law which opens the door to students being armed on campus for self-defense.

The Kansas House passed a Republican-sponsored bill late last week to lower the state’s concealed carry age from 21 to 18 years. 

With Democrats in control of the federal government more state legislatures are pushing to guard the freedom of their residents by removing concealed carry permit requirements.

The Montana House will soon vote on legislation to defend self-defense rights by eliminating state government-mandated gun-free zones at Montana university campuses and other schools on public property.

Tennessee State Rep. Rush Bricken (R) and State Sen. Janice Bowling (R) are pushing  legislation to broaden existing campus carry laws and allow students with carry permits to be armed for self-defense.

Democrat presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg is pledging to appoint pro-gun control judges if elected to the White House. 

The Missouri House passed legislation Tuesday night to allow to allow concealed permit holders to carry guns on campus for self-defense.

The Kansas House passed a bill Wednesday that opens concealed and campus carry to 18-20 year-olds in the state. 

The West Virginia House of Delegates passed legislation Wednesday night to allow concealed permit holders to carry a gun for self-defense while on campus.

West Virginia Republican lawmakers are pushing campus carry legislation to allow concealed carry permit holders to be armed for self-defense while on public campuses.

President Trump doubled down Tuesday by stressing that armed teachers are a critical part of “hardening” schools in America.

Officials at the University of Texas at Austin recently requested that professors remove “gun free” signs posted on their outwardly facing windows, but the deadline for “voluntary compliance” has passed, and the signs remain.

A University of Utah grad assistant lost her teaching position after including anti-Second Amendment language in her syllabus and warning that students who legally carried concealed would be made to stand in a 3′ by 3′ square in the back of the room.

Superior Court Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams denied requests for an injunction against Georgia’s campus carry law.

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D) is calling for a repeal of campus carry and limits plus restrictions on public carry.

Kent State University graduate Kaitlin Bennett posted a photo of herself walking on campus with an AR-10 demanding “#CampusCarryNow.”

State Rep. Tim Moore (R-Elizabethtown) says campus carry lets would-be attackers know that students at Kentucky’s publicly funded universities and colleges will offer armed resistance.

A violent felon at UT-Austin wanted to maintain a status quo leaving every law-abiding student in the classroom defenseless if under assault.