During his May 20 speech to the NRA Leadership Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, Sheriff David Clarke Jr. said, “The only person safe in a gun free zone … is the criminal.”
A May 21 HillaryClinton.com email from a Sandy Hook Family member urges supporters to rally against Donald Trump and his desire to allow teachers to arm themselves for self-defense.
During a May 20 speech to the NRA Leadership Forum, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump said, “We’re getting rid of gun-free zones.”
The officer who bravely fought off two Islamic terrorists who were firing AK-47 rifles at a Muhammad Cartoon Contest in Texas, received the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor on Monday.
MTV is urging viewers to pinpoint politicians who want teachers to be armed for self-defense–and then vote those politicians out of office.
States United To Prevent Gun Violence recently lured unsuspecting movie goers into a theater to see a new action film called “Gun Crazy.”
On April 6, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) issued a press release calling on the Democratic Party to practice what they preach and disarm guards and security at the upcoming Democratic Convention.
A major tenet for Democrats at the state and federal level is gun control, and one would not be wrong for observing that the kind of gun control pushed is often similar — if not identical — to past or existing gun controls that have failed to deliver the reduction in death and violence promised.
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.
On March 20, Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety tweeted praise for Star Wars’ Mark Hamill over his recent comments in support of gun control.
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.
During his March 3 speech at CPAC, NRA executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre reminded audience members of how the media mocked his call for good guys with guns in schools following the attack on Sandy Hook Elementary, yet parents embraced the suggestion.
Green and white signs posted at the entrances to Greenleaf, Idaho, warn would-be criminals, “Welcome to GREENLEAF IDAHO: This Is Not A Gun-Free Zone.”
A February 22 CNN report on the lawsuit filed against Remington firearms by nine Sandy Hook Elementary victims’ families and a teacher omits a crucial detail — the gunman stole the guns.
When 45-year-old Jason Brian Dalton allegedly carried out a Saturday night shooting spree that left six dead and numerous others wounded, he provided yet another demonstration of the impotency of gun-free zones and gun-free policies.
A Harford County sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed inside an Abingdon, Maryland, Panera Bread restaurant on February 10, despite the fact that the Panera Bread is a gun-free zone.
A uniformed Sheriff’s Deputy was denied entrance to the Fox Theater complex in downtown Atlanta because the deputy was carrying his service weapon on his hip.
On February 10 The Trace claimed Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s pro-gun, anti-gun-free zone message is allowing “disaffected” white men to “reclaim their masculinity.” The Trace is a journalism outlet with a bent toward gun control. They were launched with
On February 3, the gun control group Newtown Action Alliance is asking every business in Newtown, Connecticut, to become a gun-free zone.
On January 27 a uniformed police officer was “escorted out” of a college classroom after the teacher grew uncomfortable with the presence of a gun. The incident occurred at Darton State College in Albany, Georgia. According to WALB 10, “the
Missouri state senator Brian Munzlinger (R-18th) wants to open college and university campuses up for concealed carry so that armed citizens “can save lives.”
Gun control groups in the Chicago area are pressuring retailers to prohibit concealed carry permit holders from carrying guns on their premises.
On January 25, South Carolina state representative Phillip Lowe (R-Florence) introduced legislation allowing teachers with concealed carry permits to take a special training course then carry a pistol for the defense of themselves and their students.
Tennessee state Senator Dolores Gresham (R-Somerville) is pushing a bill to allow victims harmed in gun-free zones to sue those who instituted the zones if they can show they otherwise would have been armed for self-defense.
As President Obama was at a CNN town hall meeting discussing his passion for gun control, Donald Trump vowed to end gun-free zones.
As of December 18, Ohio’s National Guard facilities are no longer gun-free.
On December 14, gun control proponent Gabby Giffords blasted Congress for not enacting California-style background checks following the heinous attack on Sandy Hook Elementary, which happened three years ago. California has the expanded background checks that Giffords has been pushing
Gun rights groups have planned a mass shooting “dramatization” in Texas this Saturday. The intent is to show the danger of gun free zones. The dramatization, originally planned by The Come and Take It Austin group and their affiliated groups to
Placerville, CA gun range owner Geof Peabody is training pastors and church security teams to shoot and carry guns for their own safety and the safety of congregants.
On December 3, The Washington Post reported that gun crime has been on the decline for about 20 years, except for high-profile shootings in gun-free zones; WaPo claims those shootings are on the increase.
On November 30, NBC News reported that Leyonte Chandler—brother of Colorado Springs shooting victim Ke’Arre Stewart—is not mad at shooting suspect Robert Lewis Dear but at laws that allow citizens to be armed.
The National Gun Victims Action Council (NGVAC) is urging President Obama to declare a “state of emergency” and use subsequent emergency powers to institute gun controls rejected by Congress.
On November 13, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) vowed to veto a bill designed to allow individuals with an enhanced concealed carry permit to carry in numerous public gun-free zones.
On November 10 the Los Angeles Times reported that some universities in Texas are assessing how and where they can create gun free zones to keep law-abiding students with concealed handgun licenses (CHLs) from carrying guns for self-defense.
Fresno State football player Christian Malik Pryor was arrested on November 2 for allegedly threatening a gun-related mass shooting on the school’s campus.
On October 13, Breitbart News reported that Wisconsin state representative Jesse Kremer (R-Kewaskum) and state senator Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg) are pushing a bill to expand campus carry into college buildings and classrooms in Wisconsin and to change it from strictly open carry to concealed carry as well.
Republican lawmakers in Florida and Michigan are currently pushing legislation to make it legal for concealed pistol license (CPL) holders to carry guns on college and university campuses for self-defense.
During the October 28 Republican debate in Boulder, Colorado, presidential hopeful Donald Trump criticized gun free zones as being “target practice for the sickos and for the mentally ill.”
Pico Rivera’s El Rancho High School was placed on lockdown Wednesday over threats that suggested a student might plan to start shooting at school.
Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson says that “logic and common sense” make clear it’s time to talk about eliminating gun free zones, not guns.
