Massie Calls For Repeal Of Gun-Free School Zones Act Following Minnesota School Attack

Via American Greatness,

Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) has introduced HR 5066 the Safe Students Act which would repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, putting an end to what he calls “the default federal policy of making schools soft targets.”

Massie’s push for repealing the Gun-Free School Zones Act comes on the heels of a high-profile attack against a Catholic school in Minnesota by a deranged gunman who wrote in his manifesto that he targeted the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, in part, because he believed it  “seems like the kind of school to not arm their teachers.”

My Safe Students Act, HR 5066, would repeal the dangerous Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, ending the default federal policy of making schools soft targets.

HR 5066 would make it easier for state governments and school boards to unambiguously set their own firearm policies. pic.twitter.com/K73LMhyEme

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) August 29, 2025

Massie said his bill would repeal the federal law put in place by president George H.W. Bush and “make it easier for state governments and school boards to unambiguously set their own firearm policies.”

According to Breitbart, Bush’s 1990 Gun-Free School Zones Act which banned possession of a firearm in a school zone, inadvertently created numerous unarmed “soft targets in place filled with defenseless children, teachers and school staff.”

Historically, mass shooters have sought out venues where the public is forbidden to be armed in order to maximize their opportunity to create as much carnage as possible with minimal risk of being stopped by their intended victims.

In a post on X last week, Massie wrote: “Deranged shooters choose schools because they know their victims are vulnerable. This one even admitted it. There’s never been a shooting like this in a school that allows staff to carry.”

Massie has introduced a bill to repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act in each session of Congress in which he has served, seeking to equip teachers, staff and other law-abiding citizens with the ability to protect themselves and their students from potential threats.

Gun rights organizations like Gun Owners of America and the National Association for Gun Rights are lauding Massie’s bill and are calling for Congress to abandon the failed federal policy of making schools into soft targets.