{"id":67824,"date":"2017-01-09T16:28:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T21:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=67824"},"modified":"2017-01-09T16:28:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T19:56:47","slug":"congressman-introduces-bill-repeal-federal-gun-free-school-zones-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/congressman-introduces-bill-repeal-federal-gun-free-school-zones-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Introduces Bill to Repeal Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_67225\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Massie.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"congressman-introduces-bill-repeal-federal-gun-free-school-zones-act\" title=\"Congressman Introduces Bill to Repeal Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67225\" alt=\"Congressman Introduces Bill to Repeal Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act\" title=\"Congressman Introduces Bill to Repeal Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act\" class=\"wp-image-67225 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Massie-1024x689.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Massie-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Massie-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Massie-400x269.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Massie-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Massie.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-67225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY), the founder of the Congressional Second Amendment Caucus.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last week, U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/115th-congress\/house-bill\/34\/text\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"congressman-introduces-bill-repeal-federal-gun-free-school-zones-act\" title=\"Congressman Introduces Bill to Repeal Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act\">\u00a0&#8220;Safe Students Act<\/a>&#8221; (H.R. 34), a bill that would repeal the <a href=\"https:\/\/smartgunlaws.org\/gun-laws\/federal-law\/firearms-in-public-places\/guns-in-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"congressman-introduces-bill-repeal-federal-gun-free-school-zones-act\" title=\"Congressman Introduces Bill to Repeal Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act\">Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) of 1990<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Under the federal GFSZA it is \u201cunlawful for any individual knowingly to possess a firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Massie\u2019s bill would put an end to gun-free zones at public schools across the nation. Why are gun-free zones a problem? Well, in the past seven years, approximately 92 percent of mass shootings have occurred in gun-free zones, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/2017\/01\/06\/kentucky-may-see-gun-free-school-zones-become-a-thing-of-the-past-with-new-republican-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"congressman-introduces-bill-repeal-federal-gun-free-school-zones-act\" title=\"Congressman Introduces Bill to Repeal Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act\">The Blaze reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGun-free school zones are ineffective. They make people less safe by inviting criminals into target-rich, no-risk environments,\u201d said Massie. \u201cGun-free zones prevent law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves, and create vulnerable populations that are targeted by criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Safe Students Act is endorsed by the National Association for Gun Rights, Gun Owners of America, and the National Rifle Association and is cosponsored by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA), and Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX).<\/p>\n<p>The first iteration of the Safe Students Act was introduced by Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) in 2007. Obviously, with president Obama taking office in 2008, it didn\u2019t really stand a chance its first time up at the plate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA bigger federal government can\u2019t solve this problem. Weapons bans and gun-free zones are unconstitutional,\u201d continued Massie. \u201cThey do not and cannot prevent criminals or the mentally ill from committing acts of violence. But they often prevent victims of such violence from protecting themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/congressional-2a-caucus-founder-talks-deregulating-suppressors-national-reciprocity\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"congressman-introduces-bill-repeal-federal-gun-free-school-zones-act\" title=\"Congressman Introduces Bill to Repeal Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act\">\u00a0Congressional 2A Caucus Founder Talks Deregulating Suppressors, National Reciprocity<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>What it comes down to is a simple choice: either we can continue with the same failed policy and hope for different results or we can acknowledge the reality that gun-free zones have the opposite effect of their desired intent. \u00a0They make it easier for criminals and killers &#8212; not harder.<\/p>\n<p>As economist John Lott, author of \u201cThe War on Guns: Arming Yourself Against Gun Control Lies,\u201d wrote in The Columbus Dispatch,\u201cWould you feel safer posting a sign announcing your home is a gun-free zone? Criminals don\u2019t obey these signs. In fact, to criminals, gun-free zones look like easy targets. So why do we display these signs in public places?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll keep an eye on this bill as it makes it\u2019s way through the legislative process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced the Safe Students Act (H.R. 34), a bill that would repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) of 1990.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":22456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,216],"tags":[132,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-67824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-s-h-blannelberry","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Congressman Introduces Bill to Repeal Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last week, U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced the Safe Students Act (H.R. 34), a bill that would repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/congressman-introduces-bill-repeal-federal-gun-free-school-zones-act\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Congressman Introduces Bill to Repeal Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last week, U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced the Safe Students Act (H.R. 34), a bill that would repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) of 1990.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/congressman-introduces-bill-repeal-federal-gun-free-school-zones-act\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-09T21:28:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-17T19:56:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/springfield-xd2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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