Thomas Massie (R-KY) has introduced H.R. 5066, the Safe Students Act, that will repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, as well as amendments to that Act.

Prior to 1990, guns were allowed in schools, with some schools, particularly in rural areas, even hosting after-school "hunter safety" gun education courses held in concert with state Department of Natural Resources agencies that saw high-school-aged kids actually bringing guns to school for educational purposes.

That all went out the window with the act in 1990 creating gun-free school zones. That act also created concentrated groupings of innocents vulnerable to attacks, and the epidemic of school shootings that has followed has resulted in terror, injury and death at schools all across America.

The new legislation from Rep. Massie, first introduced by Texas Congressman Ron Paul in 2007, would take the target off the backs of American school children by allowing responsible adults to have guns in schools once again, where they can be used, if necessary, to protect innocent lives.

"Gun-free zones are ineffective and make our schools less safe," Massie said in comments about the proposed legislation. "Since 1950, 94 percent of mass public shootings have occurred in places where citizens are banned from having guns, he continued. "Banks, churches, sports stadiums, and many of my colleagues in Congress are protected with firearms. Yet children inside the classroom are too frequently left vulnerable."

Massie cited statistics from the Crime Prevention Resource Center founded by economist and firearms policy and crime expert Dr. John Lott, Jr. 

That organization's research found that between January 1998 and December 2015, 96.2 percent of "Mass Public Shootings" happened in Gun-free zones.

The press release announcing the introduction of the legislation notes that the Supreme Court found the original Gun Free School Zones Act to be unconstitutional in 1995. The measure was amended by Congress in 1996 and, according to Massie's press release, since then, "the Supreme Court has not ruled on the constitutionality of the amended act."

The newly introduced legislation has several co-sponsors. According to the press release, they are: "Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO), Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ), Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH), Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL), Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), and Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX)."