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On the fifth anniversary of the heinous attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School a daughter of one of the school’s teachers said that campus carry “creates a dangerous environment” for students and teachers alike.

The gunman who opened fire on Aztec High School wrote a manifesto in which he said he planned to take a classroom hostage and “go apesh*t.”

A Texas private university says it will add armed and unarmed security to shuttle buses following a shooting incident that occurred on campus Tuesday morning.

Michael Bloomberg boosted the finances of the gun control lobby by giving and/or spending over $50 million in 2014 alone.

Houston area talk radio host and producer Kenneth Webster shared his thoughts on the early successes of Texas’ campus carry law and why California should match it in an article published by KPRC Radio.

Despite debate over campus carry, empirical evidence proves that law-abiding citizens with guns on campus are just that–law-abiding.

Georgia College held a meeting this week to address questions and concerns regarding campus carry–and one student showed up.

One person showed up for a meeting at Augusta University which was designed to address questions and concerns surrounding campus carry.

Professor wore body armor to class to protest law allowing concealed carry permit holders to carry their guns on campus for self-defense.

College campus rape survivor Shayna Lopez-Rivas says pepper spray is not a sufficient defensive tool–women need guns.

A Texas community college professor in San Antonio arrived at class on the first day of a new law allowing concealed carry of handguns wearing protective body armor.

Antonia Okafor is a black graduate student who carries a gun for self-defense and some the New York Times readership is bothered by it.

District Judge Lee Yeakel dismissed a lawsuit brought brought against campus carry by three University of Texas professors.

University of West Georgia adjunct professor says arguments against campus carry are not “based on logic, history, or verified facts.”

Campus carry for self-defense on public college and university campuses is now legal in Georgia and Kansas.

Pennsylvania’s Senate passed legislation on June 28 to allow teachers and staff to be armed on K-12 campuses to defend themselves and the children in their classrooms.

On July 1, 2017, campus carry for law-abiding students at public colleges and universities goes into effect in Kansas.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is training faculty of Lakeland, Florida’s Southeastern University to carry concealed weapons for self-defense and is deputizing them to get around the state’s ban on campus carry.

With an estimated 20 Colorado school districts allowing armed teachers and teachers from other districts to be trained to carry now, Ceasefire Colorado’s Eileen McCarron suggests teachers should be disarmed because police miss their targets 4 out of 5 times.

On June 20 Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) suggested campus carry is stifling free speech at universities and colleges across America.

Democrat Jon Ossoff talks pro-gun but actually opposes Georgians’ right to self-defense on public college and university campuses.

Republican lawmakers in the Kansas House and Senate caved to Michael Bloomberg-funded gun control groups and voted to water down the Kansas campus carry law.

Many predicted professors would flee universities in KS and TX over campus carry but the hordes of resigning profs have not materialized.

Crime Prevention Research Center’s (CPRC) John Lott points out that police are convicted of gun crime at a higher rate than permit holders.

On May 16 the GOP-controlled Kansas Senate sent a bill back to committee to fine tune exemptions sought before campus carry takes effect.

NYT suggests it is a “bizarre premise” to push campus carry on grounds that allowing law-abiding students to shoot back makes them safer.

Beginning August 1, full-time faculty and staff possessing concealed carry permits will be able to carry guns for defense of themselves and their students at Cedarville University.

Late Thursday, Gov. Nathan Deal (R) signed campus carry into law, making campus carry the law of the land in one-fifth of the states.

The gun control group behind the unsuccessful Cocks Not Glocks campaign is now running a satirical commercial selling “bulletproof hoodies” and other body armor for students on campus carry campuses.

Campus carry and legislation holding gun-free businesses liable for injuries to disarmed citizens are both on the move in Missouri.

The Poetry Action Network is mobilizing against campus carry in Georgia, asking others to join its efforts to dissuade Gov. Nathan Deal (R) from signing the legislation into law.

On March 23, 2014, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) signed the Safe Carry Protection Act into law, thereby allowing school boards to arm teachers as a means of preventing a Sandy Hook-like attack. Yet over three years later, no school

On Tuesday, moderate Republicans in the Kansas House stood with conservatives and defeated a Democrat attempt to prevent campus carry from taking effect July 1.

On Thursday the Arkansas House voted to gut the state’s recently adopted campus carry legislation following requests by SEC and Sun Belt Conference commissioners.

Georgia lawmakers passed campus carry legislation early Friday morning, which now heads to Gov. Nathan Deal’s (R) desk for a signature.

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) signed campus carry into law on March 22, and on March 28, SEC Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey issued a statement asking for an exemption so that law-abiding students will not be armed for self-defense at NCAA sporting events in the state.