Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is pushing a repeal of the Gun-Free School Zones Act (1990) in order to make it easier for law-abiding teachers, faculty, and others, to be armed to fend off would-be attackers on school campuses.
The Gun-Free School Zones Act was put in place by President George H.W. Bush (R), barring the possession of a firearm in a “school zone” and thereby creating myriad gun-free soft targets in places filled with defenseless children, teachers, and school staff.
Massie wants to see the Gun-Free School Zones Act repealed as a way of removing the soft target moniker from schools around the country.
Gun Owners of America praised Massie’s push, saying, “Congress needs to abandon the failed federal gun-free schools policy & arm willing teachers instead!”
The National Association for Gun Rights also lauded Massie’s efforts to repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act:
The day after a trans shooter opened fire on a Minneapolis Catholic school, Breitbart News pointed to a Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) report noting that the attacker sought out a gun-free zone on purpose. In his manifesto, the trans shooter made clear he wanted to attack a place where people would be “unarmed” as they were when James Holmes attacked a gun-free movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, in 2012.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on X: @awrhawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at [email protected].
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