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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.

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.

As Missouri lawmakers convene for the 2017 legislative session, they will consider legislation that holds gun-banning businesses liable for injuries against concealed carry permit holders who are disarmed via the businesses’ gun-free policies.

On November 18, the Pentagon issued a Defense Department directive that will “allow Department of Defense (D0D) personnel to carry firearms and employ deadly force while performing official duties.”

Tim Schmidt, president and founder of the U.S. Concealed Carry Association, was a guest on Tuesday’s Breitbart News Daily to talk about the weekend’s terror attacks. As SiriusXM host Alex Marlow noted, they were further examples of the jihadist strategy of hitting “soft targets” or “anti-gun safe spaces” featuring large numbers of unarmed victims.

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.”

On August 18 Gun Owners of America (GOA) highlighted “the lie behind gun free zones” by pointing out that disarming good guys does not disarm bad guys.

In the wake of the semi-truck attack in Nice, France, the question has to be asked: Would such an attack have been successful if that country had a Second Amendment?

In the introduction to the Dallas Police Memorial, CNN’s Don Lemon listed 11 mass shootings that occurred on President Obama’s watch. And although Lemon did not point it out, 10 of those mass shootings occurred in gun-free zones.

Organizers for the Houston Pride celebration have declared the parade route and other parade events to be “gun-free” despite open carry and concealed handgun laws in Texas.

During the June 17 airing of the Rush Limbaugh Show, Limbaugh used rhetorical questions to drive home the point that “a gun-free zone is a red flag to a bull.”

In the wake of the Orlando terror attack–carried out by a gunman who ignored the Pulse Orlando’s gun-free designation–liberals are eagerly working to limit the Second Amendment rights of citizens throughout the country.

Yiannopoulos says that gun-free zones are making American society more dangerous, particularly for minorities.

Gun free zones harm the very people they’re supposed to help, said Milo.

Wednesday’s murder/suicide on the UCLA campus again exemplifies the fact that gun-free zones are not gun-free for the criminally inclined.

During a May 20 speech to the NRA Leadership Forum, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump said, “We’re getting rid of gun-free zones.”

States United To Prevent Gun Violence recently lured unsuspecting movie goers into a theater to see a new action film called “Gun Crazy.”

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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

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.

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.