A new sign posted outside the school building in Claude, Texas, gives criminals advance warning that the staff is armed and “may use whatever force necessary to protect… students.”
U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel has ruled against three University of Texas (UT) professors who sought a preliminary injunction against campus carry on grounds that allowing armed, law-abiding students on campus poses a threat to First Amendment rights.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has prevailed in another case involving the rights of Texans today. The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas issued an Order denying a request by three University of Texas professors to block enforcement of Texas’ new campus carry law.
Two students were robbed at gunpoint in a Florida State University (FSU) parking lot on August 16, just months after Florida Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Miguel Diaz de la Portilla (R-Miami) killed campus carry.
Three University of Texas professors have filed a request for a temporary injunction in federal court to block Texas’ new campus carry law. They filed the legal action the same day that the law took effect.
Pro-gun advocates worked throughout the 84th Texas Legislative Session to pass campus and open carry bills. The campus carry law went into effect on August 1, the anniversary of the first mass-shooting in the nation.
Senator Murphy blasted Trump’s stance against gun-free zones. He told the audience at the DNC that Trump is “doing the bidding of the gun lobby.” And he said Trump’s plan to allow teachers to carry guns is “sinister.”
On July 13 NY Mag suggested the NRA’s promotion of armed self-defense for women actually endangers women.
Three University of Texas professors have filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the August 1 implementation of campus carry on grounds that it violates the Second Amendment.
On Monday night, Kern High School District (KHSD) board members voted unanimously to allow concealed carry permit holders to brings guns on campus for self-defense.
MTV is urging viewers to pinpoint politicians who want teachers to be armed for self-defense–and then vote those politicians out of office.
On May 5, the Missouri House voted 101-28 to pass legislation that will allow concealed carry on campuses and on various modes of public transportation.
A law-abiding Fort Valley State University (FVSU) student was stabbed to death on campus Tuesday, the same day that Governor Nathan Deal (R) vetoed a bill allowing law-abiding students to carry guns on campus for self-defense.
On May 3 Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) took the action Everytown for Gun Safety had urged by vetoing campus carry legislation that had been on his desk for over a month.
On May 2, campus carry became law in the state of Tennessee and took effect “immediately.”
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) urged the passage of campus carry legislation on February 26 and now has 3 days left to sign the legislation into law.
On Monday, REM frontman and Bernie Sanders backer Michael Stipe penned a op-ed pleading for Georgia Republican Gov. Nathan Deal to veto a bill that will allow concealed carry permit holders to carry guns on campus for self-defense.
The Tennessee House has voted 69-24 to allow faculty and staff at public colleges and universities to be armed for self-defense.
On April 19 the Tennessee Senate passed campus carry for public schools colleges and universities.
Texas A&M University and the affiliated universities in its system have embraced campus carry and will allow guns on campus with “few major restrictions.” The policy now formulated and “approved Chancellor John Sharp and A&M System legal staff” allows concealed carry
On April 14, the Firearms Policy Foundation — together with other organizations and individuals — filed a suit against the state of California and Attorney General Kamala Harris, alleging the state made special “exemptions” for former police officers in order to secure passage of Senate Bill 707, which banned concealed carry on college campuses.
When Kingsburg Joint Union High School District voted Monday to arm teachers and staff, they joined two other California school districts that have already done the same.
The Texas A&M University System unveiled its proposed “campus carry” recommendations for implementation on Wed., Apr. 13. State law requires public universities have new rules in place to comply with the law passed as Senate Bill 11 (S.B. 11) during the Texas 84th Legislature in 2015. S.B. 11 goes into effect on August 1 for all state institutions of higher learning, except at community colleges where this change occurs on August 1, 2017.
On April 11 the Kingsburg Joint Union High School District’s board voted unanimously to adopt a policy allowing teachers and staff with concealed carry permits to be armed on campus for self-defense.
On April 7 the Alaska Senate passed campus carry legislation that also allows persons with concealed carry licenses to carry their firearms in dormitories.
Campus carry for colleges and universities in Tennessee cleared another hurdle Tuesday and now heads to the Senate for a vote.
On Tuesday, California Assemblyman James Gallagher (R-Plumas Lake) is introducing legislation to help protect domestic violence victims by carving out an exception for them to carry a gun for self-defense on college campuses.
The March 21 shooting on the Georgia State University (GSU) campus in which two were wounded is a stark reminder that “gun-free zones” are not gun free.
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) wants lawmakers to water down the campus carry legislation they sent to his desk, but House Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) says that is not going to happen.
The presence of a gun rights group at the Texas State Capitol during President Obama’s visit to the SxSW festival elicited members of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense to call for gun violence against the group. Among other incitements to violence, “Just shoot them all,” and “Shoot the a**bags,” they said.
Although campus carry passed the Georgia House and Senate amid much pro-gun fanfare–including fanfare from Governor Nathan Deal (R)–the bill may be in jeopardy as Deal outlines substantive changes he wants made before signing the measure.
On March 11 the Georgia Senate concurred with House and passed legislation to allow concealed carry permit holders to carry their guns on Georgia college and university campuses for self-defense.
Campus carry legislation passed out of Alaska’s Senate judiciary committee March 7 and is next expected to be taken up by the Senate’s finance committee.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence sent a March 9 email alert urging opposition to Donald Trump for his pro-gun stance on “concealed carry” and because of his support for allowing teachers to defend themselves and their students on school campuses.
The Michael Bloomberg-funded group, Everytown for Gun Safety, is running a 30-second television ad in Georgia, urging residents to ask their state senators to oppose gun rights on college campuses.
Georgia Lt. Governor Casey Cagle (R) said he looks forward to attending the spring signing ceremony for campus carry legislation currently making its way through the state legislature.
A group of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America members gathered on Monday in opposition to campus carry in Georgia, arguing that allowing guns on campus for self-defense is not “justice.”
On February 26, Governor Nathan Deal (R) said the arguments being propounded against campus carry in Georgia are part of the same “hype” concealed carry opponents put forth in 2014.
University of Texas School of Architecture dean Frederick Steiner is leaving the university because of the new Campus Carry law that allow students with concealed carry licenses to have a gun with them for self-defense.
On February 22, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the Georgia House passed campus carry, with House Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) saying, “The Second Amendment does not stop at the edge of a campus.” Thereafter, sources alleged that Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle (R) does not support campus carry and that he plans to torpedo it while it is in the hands of the Senate.
