Although she had a concealed weapons permit, university policies prohibited her from carrying a gun.
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The gunman had a valid concealed weapons permit and no criminal history, he said.
John Cornyn of Texas to make state concealed weapons permits acceptable throughout the country.
She lost in 1994, in part, because she opposed allowing Texans to carry concealed weapons.
Utah is the only state that specifically forbids public colleges and universities from banning the carrying of concealed weapons.
Another provision would recognize the legitimacy of concealed weapons permits across state lines.
Republicans will push an NRA proposal to make state concealed weapons permits acceptable nationwide, a concept opposed by many Democrats.
Forty-nine states allow gun owners to carry concealed weapons outside of their home for protection, including in some cases, bars.
Republicans will push an NRA proposal to make state concealed weapons permits acceptable throughout the country, a concept opposed by many Democrats.
In December, the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the only statewide ban on carrying concealed weapons, in Illinois.
Heller, upheld many 19th century prohibitions on concealed weapons, but also acknowledged that the Second Amendment protects a right to own guns.
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Among them is an appeal of a federal court ruling that upheld New York's strict licensing scheme for carrying concealed weapons in public.
In 2007, roanoke.com, the website of The Roanoke Times, published a list of Virginians licensed to carry concealed weapons, and then deleted it the next day.
On 10 December - just days before the tragedy in Connecticut - a US federal court struck down the country's last remaining law banning concealed weapons.
This has been a big backer for Mr Allen, who, as governor, pushed through a controversial new law making it easier for Virginians to carry concealed weapons.
He also signed a measure allowing Wisconsin residents to carry concealed weapons, and a bill giving legal protection to homeowners who shoot and kill intruders on their property.
It is true that in contrast to Britain's tight gun restrictions, half of American households have firearms, and 33 states now permit law-abiding citizens to carry concealed weapons.
The rest of the states divide into those that do not allow concealed weapons on campuses (21) and those that permit colleges to set their own gun policies (24).
Laws banning the carrying of concealed weapons were passed in Kentucky and Louisiana in 1813, and other states soon followed: Indiana (1820), Tennessee and Virginia (1838), Alabama (1839), and Ohio (1859).
This month, the state of Wisconsin's highest court amended a local law on concealed weapons, dating back to the 1870s, to allow people to keep a gun in their home or business to protect themselves.
The two-hour play asks the audience to know some American history and be aware of such figures as the politician Barbara Jordan, Richards' press aide Bill Cryer and the death row inmate Johnny Frank Garrett. (Rob Lowe's sex tape also gets a nod.) One of biggest rounds of applause is heard for Richards' defense of her concealed weapons veto, which has resonance now.
He has a concealed-weapons permit and his grandfather was a Baptist preacher.
Mr Duggan reasoned that for guns to deter crime, the passage of concealed-weapons laws must either lead to more gun ownership or to more frequent carrying of previously owned weapons.
And those counties where gun ownership was highest (where an increase in gun carrying could occur) did not see any significant changes in crime when their states passed concealed-weapons laws.
But Attorney General Lisa Madigan said she prefers to wait and see whether lawmakers craft a new law this spring that would allow the concealed carry of weapons, as the federal appeals court ordered them to do.
As FORBES has explained before, many gun companies are very much focused on weapons to accompany concealed carry permits.
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And Arkansas has enacted a new law allowing colleges to let staff with concealed gun permits bring their weapons on campus.
"Advanced imaging technology enhances security by safely screening passengers for metallic and non-metallic threats including weapons, explosives and other objects concealed under layers of clothing without physical contact, " Soule said.
What the Newtown tragedy should do is force the NRA to shift its focus from a knee-jerk strategy of simply protecting assault weapons, to advocating for more concealed or open carry laws.
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