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Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health say there’s no data to back up the claim that issuing more permits to carry concealed handguns will lower crime rates. Law Shield members will naturally disagree with this finding because we’re concerned about crime affecting us personally, and not necessarily about generalized... [Read More]

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On the issue of campus carry debated in the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee on February 12, state senators received opposing written statements from the chancellors of the state’s flagship university systems on whether allowing concealed handguns would affect student safety. University of Texas System Chancellor William McRaven wrote, “There is great concern that the... [Read More]

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It’s really not news when an academic calls for the dissolution of gun rights, but such suggestions from an ivory-tower dweller usually call for registration or some other half-step toward confiscation. But not Tom H. Hastings at Portland State University. Last month, he called for repeal of the 2nd Amendment in an editorial published in... [Read More]

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