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From NAGR...Woman Nearly Killed In "CRIMINAL SAFE" Zone!

Michael, 

  Did you know that in 27 states only criminals are allowed to carry firearms on a college campus?

  That’s right, in over half of the states in our country, law-abiding citizens are prevented from protecting themselves in institutions of “higher learning.”

  And we all know what that means.

  Criminals don’t follow rules, so the only people that law applies to are peaceful people like you and me.

  I call these gun free zones “Criminal Safezones”, since only criminals are armed, and therefore, safe from citizens who want to protect themselves.

  Amanda Collins was one of those people.

  Fox News has the horrible story of what happened to her.

  A concealed weapon permit holder, mother and student at UNR (University of Nevada, Reno), Amanda wasn’t allowed to carry a firearm on her college campus because it was a “gun free zone.”

  That meant she was unarmed on a night in October, 2007 when she was attacked while walking to one of her classes.

  You see, her attacker didn’t care about the “gun free” designation. He had his gun.

  And he held it to her temple while he raped her.

  She had left her firearm at home because that was the law.

  A law that left her completely vulnerable when she needed a way to defend herself the most.

  It makes me sick to even tell this story.

  But at most colleges and universities, they think people like Amanda should be completely defenseless.

  They think that only scumbags like her attacker should be armed.

  I don’t.

  And I know you’re smart enough to realize that, regardless of some ridiculous “gun free zone,” criminals will carry where they darn well please.

  That’s why I take the effort to repeal the ban of firearms on college campuses very seriously. 

  I don’t like reading stories like Amanda’s.

  And yet, it hasn’t been enough to overturn the law in Nevada.

  In 2010, the National Association for Gun Rights worked with Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and was successful in overturning such a ban on a majority of campuses in Colorado.

  This last week, Arizona became the 23rd state to do the same.

  In Florida, Idaho, Texas and even Amanda’s state of Nevada, the idea of lifting gun bans on college campuses is still being “debated.”

  To me, that’s just sad.

  Institutionalized politicians don’t care about people like Amanda until we make them care.

  I will continue to fight against these illogical laws that do nothing but harm law-abiding citizens, and also keep you updated on the progress of the National Association for Gun Rights’ progress in tackling these bans.

  I just wanted to share Amanda’s story with you, as I know how powerful of an example it was to me that it’s time to finally repeal nonsensical bans like “gun free zones.”

  Just remember her story next time someone tells you about “common sense” gun laws.

For Liberty,

Dudley Brown 
Executive Director
National Association for Gun Rights