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....
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University of Texas at Austin releases initial recommendations for where permitted concealed handguns will be allowed on campus
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...
Liberty University, with 14,500 students, asks students and faculty to carry permitted concealed handguns on campus
Liberty University has 14,500 residential students and 2,500 full-time and part-time faculty. This past week the university's president, Jerry Falwell Jr., urged students and faculty during Friday’s convocation to carry concealed weapons on campus in the wake of...
At least 40 School Districts in Ohio allow Teachers to Carry Permitted Concealed Handguns
WKRC-TV Channel 12 in Cincinnati reports: . . . In Ohio, around 40 school districts now allow teachers with concealed carry licenses to carry their weapons in class. In upstate Ohio there is top level, extraordinary teacher training. The teachers and administrators...
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...
CPRC in Investor’s Business Daily: “Chancellor Fires Blanks At Texas College Campus Carry Law”
UPDATE: Governor Abbott explains why he will sign the Campus Carry bill that passed the state legislature. These remarks were made on the Mark Davis Show on KSKY-AM. Original Post: John Lott's newest piece at Investor's Business Daily is part of a debate on this...
CPRC in the Austin (Texas) Statesman: “Open Carry versus Campus Carry: what should be the priority”
John Lott's piece in the Austin (Texas) Statesman's is as follows: With well over 700,000 concealed handgun permit holders in Texas, there is a good chance that someone next you in a grocery store or restaurant is carrying a concealed handgun. But some are only...
Afghan police arming schoolteachers and university lecturers to protect against terrorist attacks
Since the Taliban massacred 150 people at a Peshawar school in December, the Afghan police are teaching teachers how to use guns to protect their students and themselves. The CPRC has recently discussed the benefits of letting civilians rather than uniformed police...
Georgia getting rid of gun-free school zones
There are two new laws that went into effect in Georgia on July 1st (HB 60 and HB 826). HB 826: A person who is licensed in accordance with Code Section 16-11-129 or issued a permit pursuant to Code Section 43-38-10 [may possess a concealed firearm] when he or she is...
CPRC on Fox News discussing Georgia getting rid of some gun free zones, other related media
Watch the latest video at <a href="http://video.foxnews.com">video.foxnews.com</a>Fox News on April 24th from 3:33 to 3:37 PM. The Georgia State House passed the bill 112 to 58 and the State...