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On March 22 Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) signed campus carry legislation into law. On March 23 USA Today Sports suggested a boycott of NCAA events in Arkansas may need to happen if students are going to be allowed to be armed for self-defense.

Ohio Senate Bill 199 takes effect March 21, allowing residents with concealed carry permits to carry guns for self-defense in the unsecured portions of airports.

Legislation allowing students with concealed carry permits to carry on college campuses passed the Arkansas House and Senate and is headed to Governor Asa Hutchinson’s (R) desk.

State Representative Blake Carpenter (R-81) has introduced legislation that would knock down limitations on campus carry like the University of Kansas’s ban on carrying a semiautomatic handgun with a round in the chambe

Campus Carry passed the Georgia House on Friday and is now headed to the Senate. The bill–HB 280–would allow students with concealed carry licenses to carry guns on campus for self-defense.

Micheal Bloomberg-backed Moms Demand Action and Everytown for Gun Safety have dug in and are fighting passage of laws that would allow students with concealed carry permits to carry guns for self-defense in Florida, Georgia, and Iowa.

Some University of Texas graduate students are holding their meetings with undergrads at bars so as to meet somewhere they are not allowed to be armed for self-defense.

Georgia state Representative Mandi Ballinger (R-Canton) reintroduced campus carry Tuesday despite the fact that Governor Nathan Deal (R) sided with Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Guns Safety and vetoed similar legislation last year.

Photographs show that a Wichita State University rally against campus carry drew 15 people on Tuesday, counting the speaker.

This week the Arkansas House passed a campus carry bill that will require state colleges and universities to allow concealed carry permit holders to be armed on campus for self-defense. The bill is the complete opposite of the kind of

Campus Carry legislation passed in the Wyoming House by a margin of 40-19 on Wednesday night. The legislation is now headed for the Wyoming Senate.

In voicing his opposition to allowing law-abiding students to be armed for self-defense, Daytona State College (DSC) trustee Bob Davis pointed out the school already has “alarms” and a “manual.”

On January 25, Ohio University College Democrats president Sam Miller cheered as the student senate recommended no change in the campus firearms policy be made despite the legalization of campus carry.

Legislation to allow concealed carry permit holders to carry guns on college campuses passed out of Wyoming’s House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

A January 19 survey of Ohio colleges and universities found most boards and presidents determined to prohibit guns for self-defense despite a new law allowing concealed carry permit holders to be armed on campus.

In a January 17 editorial, the Los Angeles Times argues that allowing concealed carry permit holders to be armed on campus is “dangerous” and “silly.”

Florida state Representative Scott Plakon (R-29) is pushing campus carry in the legislature after his daughter texted that she was trapped inside a school on lockdown.

Tarak Underiner–a 20-year-old Ohio State University student and campus carry proponent–was shot and killed near campus early Thursday morning.

South Carolina lawmakers are pointing to the November 28 Ohio State University car and knife attack as reason for implementing campus carry for self-defense on public college and university campuses in the Palmetto State.

Now that Governor John Kasich (R) has signed campus carry into law, allowing each university system to decide whether to allow concealed carry on campus for self-defense, University of Cincinnati student body President Mitchell Phelps is stressing that he opposes campus carry because of “stabbings.”

Georgia Tech police are reporting an alleged armed robbery occurred on the school’s campus at 9:20 pm Wednesday night.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence freaked out when Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) signed campus carry into law.

On Monday Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) signed Senate Bill 199, thereby legalizing concealed carry on college and university campuses where school trustees vote to allow it.

On Wednesday, the Kansas Board of Regents approved campus carry policies that will go into effect July 1, 2017, when universities in Kansas begin allowing guns to be carried on campus for self-defense.

Individuals openly carrying handguns recently organized and gathered for a “No More Sitting Ducks” demonstration to demand campus carry at Ohio State University.

Students organized against legislation allowing concealed permit holders to carry guns on campus for self-defense will be carrying at least 200 dildos in protest on December 15.

In the wake of the November 28 Ohio State University attack, lawmakers in the state have passed a bill that allows colleges and universities to allow concealed carry permit holders to carry guns on their campuses for self-defense.

The Texas Attorney General has issued an opinion stating that recent amendments to Texas law prohibit a junior or community college from categorically prohibiting concealed handguns on campus.

On November 28 students on the Ohio State Campus were terrorized by a Somali refugee who drove his car into pedestrians, then exited the vehicle and chased unarmed students with a knife.

The November 28 car and knife attack on the Ohio State University campus makes a strong case for allowing concealed carry permit holders to carry guns on campus for self-defense.

In a report issued Friday, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH) noted the momentum for opening campuses to concealed carry for self-defense and warned that allowing permit holders to carry may actually cause violence and increased “assaults.”

The 2016 University of South Florida Sunshine State Survey finds that Floridians favor allowing teachers and staff to carry guns on Florida public school campuses.

According to The College Fix, Roland is now a Ph.D. candidate in U.S. history at UT. He said the “worst situation is to have no defense back” when an attacker opens fire. Reflecting on the April 16, 2007 Virginia Tech attack–where 32 innocents were shot and killed in a gun-free zone–Roland said, “The police were not fast enough and 32 people died.”

San Jose Police Chief Eddie Garcia says there are “absolutely” too many guns in America, and that more gun control is needed.

The concealed carry policy currently formulated by Kansas State University will allow campus-wide concealed carry once the law takes effect in July 2017.

Students from the University of Texas announced plans to arm themselves with 4,500 dildos to protest Texas’ campus carry law that went into effect August 1.