May 20, 2013
Following months of debate, the Henderson State University Board of Trustees voted to opt out on an Arkansas state measure that allows faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns on campus.
May 8, 2013
Gov. Steve Bullock vetoed a bill Monday that would have allowed college students in the Montana University System (MUS) to carry guns on campus.
May 7, 2013
In a 5-1 vote, the University of Central Arkansas’ (UCA) Board of Trustees opted out of an Arkansas state law that allows faculty or staff members with a concealed-carry permit to carry their weapons on campus.
February 26, 2013
In a 31-4 vote on Monday, the Arkansas state Senate agreed to allow colleges and universities to decide whether to allow concealed weapons on campuses.
February 12, 2013
University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ (UNLV) police chief has voiced his opposition to a proposed bill that would allow guns on Nevada’s college campuses.
November 16, 2011
The mentally ill, substance abusers and other dangerous individuals have freely purchased firearms because nearly 90% of states fail to send all necessary information to a federal database used to run background checks for gun buyers, according to a new report.
September 22, 2011
Old Dominion University will consider banning firearms from campus buildings after Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said concealed-weapon permit holders may bring their guns into the buildings.
September 7, 2011
A Wisconsin state law that takes effect Nov. 1 will give gun permit holders who attend training the right to carry concealed weapons in public places, such as college campuses.
June 17, 2011
Finland has increased the age limit for handgun licenses and tightened gun ownership rules in response to nearly 20 deaths caused by young gunmen on campuses over the past four years.
June 15, 2011
On June 7, the North Carolina House supported a bill that would make it legal for parents and teachers with concealed handgun permits to bring their firearms onto school grounds. The guns would have to be in a closed compartment or container within a locked car.
June 8, 2011
Bills that would have permitted students and faculty members at university and college campuses to carry concealed weapons were killed in both Nevada and Louisiana this month.
April 19, 2011
On Monday, Republican Governor Jan Brewer vetoed a bill that would allow guns on Arizona's college campuses. Brewer said she vetoed the campus gun bill because it was "poorly written."
April 11, 2011
On April 7, a bill that would allow people to carry guns on public college campuses in Arizona was passed in the House 33 to 24. Since it was introduced, Senate Bill 1467 has been narrowed to disallow guns in campus buildings.
March 11, 2011
A bill that would have allowed guns to be carried openly on college campuses has been amended to restore current law prohibiting firearms at schools.
June 29, 2010
The Supreme Court on Monday extended the Second Amendment's right to keep and bear arms to the states in the second major victory for gun rights supporters in as many years.
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