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President Donald Trump commented on the dramatic gun control meeting with members of Congress on Thursday, urging them to “respect” the Second Amendment.

Proposals to arm teachers and other staffers to better secure schools against mass shooters are worthwhile, just as arming pilots was following 9/11, said Chad Robichaux on Thursday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight in an interview with hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak.

President Donald Trump defended the National Rifle Association (NRA), as the left and the mainstream media blamed the gun rights organization for mass shootings.

President Trump observed that first responders are “5 to 8 minutes” away when a school shooting occurs, but teachers are on scene to shoot sickos “immediately.”

Columbine attack survivor and Colorado House Minority Leader Patrick Neville (R-45) is a strong proponent of arming teachers for self-defense.

During the February 18 airing of Fox News Sunday Rush Limbaugh referenced the Florida shooting and observed that gun-free school zones mean that attackers are the only ones who are armed.

Florida’s Senate Judiciary Committee takes up a bill February 20 to allow teachers to be armed in defense of themselves and their students.

Illinois Supreme Court struck down a “1000-foot firearm-restricted zones” by public parks on Thursday, ruling that the zones limit self-defense and violate previous court rulings in favor of carrying guns in public.

Warner Bros. released the first trailer for Clint Eastwood’s real-life drama The 15:17 to Paris, which is based on and stars the actual heroes who thwarted the ISIS-inspired terror attack in 2015 in which a gunman opened fire on a high-speed train traveling to Paris.

A sign posted outside the River at Tampa Bay Church warns that congregants are armed and will use deadly force if attacked.

The Washington Post editorial board released a video urging Congress to consider an Australian-like ban in the wake of the Las Vegas attack.

Baguette et Chocolat is standing by their gun ban one week after a concealed handgun carrier was escorted out by police.

The bill to disarm teachers–including victims of domestic violence–is now sitting on Gov. Jerry Brown’s (D) desk.

With a policy change taking effect his year, Mount Vernon–the estate of the first president of the United States–is now a gun-free zone.

Republican lawmakers in Ohio’s House passed a bill allowing concealed carry permit holders carrying their firearms into gun-free zones to leave the premises without facing charges, in the event someone notices they are carrying and asks them to leave.

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

On June 29 — two days before California’s “high capacity” magazine ban was set to take effect — U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez blocked the ban to prevent “otherwise law-abiding” citizens from being criminalized.

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.

When the Alexandria attack led to call for Congress to pass national reciprocity so citizens can protect themselves, the New York Times responded by suggesting no one wants to live in society where everyone is armed for self-defense.

For the one-year anniversary of the heinous attack on Orlando Pulse nightclub, Moms Demand Action is pushing a #DisarmHate campaign. In so doing, they fail to note that everyone in Pulse was disarmed; it was a gun-free zone.

The surge in gun ownership among LGBT community members that began after the June 12, 2016, Orlando Pulse attack has continued and even grown during the first months of the presidency of Donald Trump.

Roughly an hour after North Lake College in Irving, Texas, went on lockdown following reports of an “intruder,” police announced the campus had witnessed an apparent murder-suicide.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) used a Huff Post op-ed on April 26 to suggest that gun-free zone shooting victims prove the need for Congress to pass more gun control.

On April 21 gun control proponent Andy Parker suggested the GOP-led repeal of the Social Security gun ban epitomizes the kind of Congressional actions that enables “social media killers” like Steve Stephens.

Despite all the doom and gloom–and gun control groups’ reports of hundreds of mass shootings each year–the FBI lists four mass school shootings since April 20, 1999, which was the date of Columbine.

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.

On Thursday Iowa’s Senate passed legislation which will allow residents of the state to sue local governments over gun-free zones if they can prove they were endangered or “adversely affected” by the zones.

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.

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.

The Advocate ran a column on March 3 that claimed, legal or illegal, all “guns are the problem” and called for the LGBTQ community to rally for more gun control.

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.

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.

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.

While being questioned during confirmation hearings, Donald Trump’s Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos said the danger poised by “potential grizzlies” justifies keeping guns in schools.

Florida state representative Jake Raburn (R-Valrico) has responded to the January 6 attack at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International by introducing a bill to allow concealed carry in the baggage claim and other unsecured portions of airports.