During the 2015-16 school year, there were 83,600 public elementary and secondary schools. Of those, 35,900 have a sworn law enforcement officer who "routinely" carries a gun. That is only 42.9% of the schools. And not even all this 42.9% had an officer available...
From the Denver Post: . . . 17 teachers and administrators from five mostly rural counties . . . received intensive training this week on how to prevent — or at least minimize — a mass shooting at their schools, many of which are in far-flung areas where it would...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Orange County Register (287,474 daily circulation) on the move by Democrats in California to take away local control over whether permitted concealed handguns should be allowed in K-12 schools. Two years ago, California passed a...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer on a bill before the Pennsylvania state Senate on allowing permitted concealed handguns in public schools. Gov. Wolf wants to protect schools from mass public shootings by hiring “trained security...
This paper by the Bloomberg School of Public Health (copy available here, henceforth referred to as the Bloomberg Report) doesn’t even try to address the existing arguments that have been made on campus carry. Below is a very rough, very quick response to their...
From KSAT ABC 12 in San Antonio, Texas: The Medina Independent School District is home to 303 students, and according to a sign placed by an entrance Wednesday, possibly, a few firearm-toting faculty members. "Attention," reads the new sign. "Please be aware that the...
Campus aerial of Liberty University taken January 28, 2015 Photo by David Duncan We will very soon be having a lot of information on whether college dorms are a dangerous place for permit holders to have guns. On August 1st this year, public universities in Texas are...
By overwhelming votes, the Tennessee legislature passed three bills that get rid of gun-free zones at public universities and provides immunity to businesses if they don't post ban. CPRC's John Lott testified on all three bills when they started in the state Senate...
There is only one deputy sheriff in the town. According to the news reports shown above, several other school districts in Oklahoma are apparently moving to adopt a similar policy. From the Muskogee Phoenix in Muskogee, OK: New signs posted on the grounds of Okay...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued an opinion on Texas' new law that allows carrying concealed handguns on college campuses. Some public universities, in particular the University of Texas at Austin, have already made initial recommendations. The most...
With over 40 school districts in neighboring Ohio (as well as school districts in states from Texas and Utah) allowing teachers to carry permitted concealed handguns, the West Clark School District in Indiana will hold a meeting on Thursday to consider the issue....
The panel recommending the rules for concealed carry on campus may not have had ideal recommendations, but they are at least a lot better than it might have been. Some of the restrictions include that the gun must be carried in "a holster that completely covers the...