Sensitive Places Require Government-Provided Armed Security

By Stephen P. Halbrook
The Volokh Conspiracy
February 9, 2026

The Second Amendment, Sensitive Places, and Comprehensive Government Security compendium by Dr. Angus McClellan has just been posted on SSRN. This comprehensive survey of historic “gun free zones” demonstrates that when the government required its citizens to disarm to enter such locations, it protected them with armed security. Holding a Ph.D. in American government and public law from Claremont Graduate University in California, McClellan has been a visiting professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and a postdoctoral research associate with the James Madison Program at Princeton University.

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“Sensitive Places Require Government-Provided Armed Security,” The Volokh Conspiracy, February 9, 2026.