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Empty Holsters: Gun Speech on America's Campuses

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FIRE

July 1, 2010

Folded brown paper bags with the words "Empty holster protest" written in black marker on the side

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is proud to release a new short film, "Empty Holsters: Gun Speech on America's Campuses," highlighting widespread campus censorship of student speech about guns. The film is the first in a new FIRE series focusing on how colleges and universities across America are preventing students and faculty members from speaking out on the weightiest political issues of the day.

WATCH VIDEO: Courts and legislatures across the country are deciding whether students and professors can carry guns on campus — but your university might be preventing you from being part of the debate.

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