We know of seven cases: two involving a teacher at an elementary school (though in one of these cases the teacher was carrying the gun illegally) and the other six at colleges and universities around the country. These relatively minor and rare cases are consistent...
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States that allow teachers and school staff to carry guns
UPDATED: October 8, 2018 (ORIGINAL March 7, 2018): After the Parkland, Florida high school shooting, a number of states have considered allowing teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns. The obvious question is how has it worked in the states that allow guns to...
In the New York Daily News with Congressman Thomas Massie on Gun-free zones for schools
Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) have a new op-ed piece in the New York Daily News on the lessons from last week's school shooting in Kentucky. Here is how the piece starts: Before knowing almost anything about last Tuesday's mass public shooting at...
Fears of permitted concealed handguns prove unfounded: A very quiet first year at public universities in Texas
UPDATE (August 2, 2018): The original post was after the first year of Texas' public universities being forced to allow people to carry permitted concealed handguns. At this point it has now been two years and there has been one year of experience for the Texas...
UPDATED: Georgia becomes the 12th Campus Carry State
On Thursday, May 4th, Georgia became the 12th state that mandates that public universities allow people to carry guns on campus. Following Arkansas, Georgia is also the second state to pass campus carry this year. The other eleven states are: Arkansas, Colorado,...
UPDATED: Allowing teachers and staff to carry guns in schools doesn’t increase school insurance premiums, info from seven states
Utah Curt Oda, past president of the Utah Independent Insurance Agents Association of Utah. Response received via text -- All public schools and most all public charter schools are covered by state risk management. They also come under government immunity statutes and...