Responsible law abiding adults should be allowed to arm themselves, even if they’re college students.

Julianne Stanford of The College Fix reports.

Fort Hood Shooting Sparks Renewed Calls for Campus Gun Rights

TUCSON, ARIZ. – Second Amendment advocate Katie Pavlich called for increased gun rights on campuses, military bases and across America in the wake of a shooting at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, that resulted in four deaths and 16 injuries, saying gun-free zones are akin to “gun-free death traps.”

“It is unconscionable that … a policy for all of our soldiers who are qualified to carry firearms overseas and on the battlefield are left as sitting ducks when they are on their bases and posts here at home,” Pavlich said during a speech at the University of Arizona on Thursday, one day after the shooting.

“How many people have to die defenseless on a post until there is a ‘reasonable expectation that life or [Department of Defense] assets will be jeopardized if firearms are not carried,’” she said, citing a military policy.

Pavlich is a Townhall.com news editor, Fox News contributor, and author of the book “Fast and Furious,” which details an Obama administration program that deliberately directed more than 2,000 guns across the border to Mexico.

Her campus speech on the Second Amendment was scheduled far in advance of the Fort Hood shooting, but the incident took center stage during her talk in front of an auditorium packed with nearly 250 people.

She said the Fort Hood shooting illustrates that areas that prohibit individuals from carrying firearms are “gun free death traps.”

Pavlich quoted from a soldier who was on base during Wednesday’s attack who stated that the current Department of Defense policy that prohibits concealed carrying on posts forces people to be “hostages” without a method to protect themselves.

Most universities also have policies that restrict students’ rights to carry firearms. But in the wake of the recent attack, the debate over the Second Amendment and students’ rights has been renewed, especially for female students.