As of 2019, carrying a concealed weapon on a college campus is prohibited in 16 states, while 23 states grant individual colleges and universities the authority to decide whether to allow or prohibit the carrying of concealed weapons on their campuses.

[2] The group has promoted efforts to overturn campus gun bans in several states.

[3] It has held "empty holster protests" in which students supporting the group carry empty holsters to protest bans on the carrying of concealed firearms on college campuses.

[4][5] The group has also held annual national conference in Washington, D.C., television on C-SPAN.

In 2012, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in favor of SCC, holding that the Colorado Concealed Carry Act prohibited the Board of Regents from regulating the possession of concealed handguns on campus.