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   The tragedy at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center fits an all   
   too familiar pattern—yet another mass shooting in a place the   
   victims were banned from carrying guns. The most lives are   
   claimed in places where people can’t defend themselves on equal   
   footing. It’s not a coincidence the attack occurred in a public   
   building filled with public employees prohibited from carrying   
   handguns, concealed or otherwise.   
      
   This attack could have ended with much less bloodshed. Kate   
   Nixon, a compliance manager at the municipal center, was   
   concerned about a fellow employee and spoke with her husband the   
   night before the attack about taking her permitted, concealed   
   carry handgun to work. However, the city bans individuals,   
   including public employees, from possessing "any weapon" on city   
   property unless authorized by a supervisor so she decided   
   against it. Unlike his law-abiding colleagues, the killer didn’t   
   abide by the ban. Kate Nixon was one of the 12 people killed in   
   the attack.   
      
   CALIFORNIA SEES SURGE IN AMMO SALES AHEAD OF NEW GUN REGULATIONS   
      
   This pattern of attacks at gun-free zones isn’t limited to   
   workplace shootings: 98 percent  of all mass public shootings in   
   the U.S. since 1950 have occurred in places where the average   
   citizen was banned from possessing guns.\   
      
   Banks, churches, sports stadiums, and many members of Congress   
   are protected with firearms. Yet children inside the classroom   
   are too frequently left vulnerable. To combat this, Rep. Thomas   
   Massie, co-author of this op-ed, introduced H.R. 3200 last week,   
   a bill that repeals the Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) of   
   1990.   
      
   Twenty states, to varying degrees, allow teachers to carry—some   
   of these states have had their laws in place for decades. The   
   Safe Students Act would make it easier for state and local   
   governments to unambiguously set their own firearm policies by   
   eliminating the one-size-fits-all federal ban on guns in school   
   zones.   
      
   Banks, churches, sports stadiums, and many members of Congress   
   are protected with firearms. Yet children inside the classroom   
   are too frequently left vulnerable.   
      
   Safe Students Act cosponsors currently include Representatives   
   Justin Amash, R-Mich., Jody Hice, R-Ga., Jeff Duncan, R-S.C.,   
   Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, James Comer, R-Ky.,   
   and Brian Babin, R-Texas.   
      
   The Crime Prevention Research Center has released a new report   
   examining every school shooting in the United States from 2000   
   through 2018.   
      
   There were 306 documented cases of gunshots on school property,   
   48 of which were suicides. Not counting suicides, 193 people   
   died and 267 were injured in these incidents. Four cases were   
   instances of accidental gunshots by police officers.   
      
   The rate of school shootings and the number of people killed by   
   them has increased significantly since 2000. The annual death   
   rate from 2009-2018 was twice that of 2001-2008 (even when one   
   excludes suicides). This increase has occurred exclusively among   
   schools that don’t allow concealed carry for teachers and staff.   
   Indeed, with the exception of suicides or gang violence outside   
   of school hours, no school that allows teachers to carry has   
   experienced a death or injury from a shooting.   
      
   Utah, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and parts of Oregon allowed   
   all permitted teachers and staff to carry without any additional   
   training requirements. Other states left it to the discretion of   
   local superintendents or school boards. As of December 2018,   
   teachers carried handguns in more than 30 percent of Texas   
   school districts. And in September 2018, Ohio teachers were   
   carrying in over 200 school districts.   
      
   According to Clark Aposhian, senior member of Utah’s Concealed   
   Firearm Review Board, roughly 5 percent of Utah teachers carry   
   permitted, concealed handguns at school. Aposhian estimates that   
   support staff — janitors, librarians, secretaries, cafeteria   
   staff, etc. — carry at a higher rate, between 10 and 12 percent.   
      
   Seventeen million Americans have concealed handgun permits. This   
      
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