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a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting students’ rights to defend themselves from bodily harm, advocating for common-sense safety policies at America’s colleges and universities, and connecting students with resources that will help them stay safer on campus.
Students for Self-Defense
- a project of Second Amendment Institute
– Washington, DC
https://s4sd.org/
About Students for Self-Defense
Students for Self-Defense (S4SD) is a national network of college student chapters that works to change campus policies restricting students’ ability to defend themselves. It operates as a project of the Second Amendment Institute (SAI), a Washington, DC-based nonprofit, which re-launched S4SD in September 2016. The group’s stated mission is to organize students and give them the tools and arguments to persuade universities to change rules that limit self-defense, and each chapter chooses its own policy targets without direction from SAI.
S4SD’s early campaigns show how broad campus restrictions can be. At Rutgers University, the chapter challenged limits on the quantity, storage and strength of pepper spray; at Rowan University, it opposed rules requiring pepper spray to be kept in backpacks; and at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, which banned pepper spray entirely, the chapter recruited more than 100 students. Within about six weeks of the relaunch, more than 10 chapters had formed, and by late October 2016 S4SD reported more than 500 members nationwide. For gun owners, S4SD connects the broader self-defense and campus carry debate to the next generation of voters.
Key Facts
- September 2016: Second Amendment Institute re-launches Students for Self-Defense
- Fall 2016: More than 10 chapters formed in about six weeks
- October 2016: S4SD reports more than 500 members nationwide
- October 23, 2016: S4SD president Tyler Yzaguirre outlines the group’s campaigns in The Hill
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