South Dakota as of July 1 allows students to carry concealed weapons on campus, “a good way, once again, for South Dakota to demonstrate we’re the free state in the nation,” Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden said in a Newsmax interview.

“We’ve done more to defend our Second Amendment rights, I think, than any other state,” Rhoden, who signed bills into law in March that allow concealed pistols in bars and on public college campuses, among other gun rights-related changes, told Newsmax TV’s “Carl Higbie: FRONTLINE.”

Senate Bill 100 makes South Dakota the 12th state to allow concealed carry on college campuses.

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