BURLINGTON, Vt. – Donald Trump will end gun-free school zones on his first day as president, if elected.

The Republican frontrunner told a capacity crowd at a Burlington, Vermont rally Thursday he would end gun-free zones on school campuses and military bases as a common sense means of curbing armed attacks, The Hill reports.

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“You know what a gun free zone is to sickos?” The Donald questioned the crowd. “That’s bait!”

“I will get rid of gun-free zones on schools. You have to,” Trump said to roaring cheers. “And on military bases, my first day it gets signed, OK? My first day. There’s no more gun-free zones.”

Trump’s remarks countered a CNN-hosted town hall meeting with President Obama in Fairfax, Virginia, where the president spoke with Anderson Cooper about executive actions to expand background checks and other gun issues.

Obama acknowledged that he’s been a boon for gun manufacturers, because “the NRA has convinced many of its members that somebody is going to come get your guns.” The president also authored an op-ed that appeared in Thursday’s New York Times in which he vowed not to support any candidate who opposes gun control, Fox News reports.

Trump, meanwhile, discussed recent terrorist attacks in San Bernardino and Paris at Thursday’s rally, and said he believes “it would be a whole different story” if more “good guys” carried guns.

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“A gun-free zone. … That ends immediately,” Trump told supporters, according to The Hill. “We’re going back to sanity in this country.”

Currently, it’s illegal under federal law for anyone to knowingly possess a firearm in a school zone, but states can make exceptions for citizens with concealed carry permits or other reasons, The Washington Post reports.

The news site attempted to get at what Trump’s “no more gun-free school zones” proposal could really mean.

“ … (T)aking Trump’s words at their plain meaning – ‘no more gun free zones’ – he would not only repeal the federal law, but he would also apparently preclude states from setting their own policies when it comes to guns on school grounds, according to Arkadi Gerney, an expert on gun law at the Center for American Progress.

“’He seemed to say that he would override state and local laws that prevent people from carrying guns into schools, notwithstanding that states say,’ Gerney tells me. ‘This would be a huge federal overreach. It’s saying the federal government can tell states they cannot prohibit guns in schools.’”

The Post also acknowledged “it’s perfectly possible that Trump doesn’t intend to preclude states from passing their own gun bans for school zones.”

According to CNN:

When asked by CNN after his speech to comment on Obama’s executive actions on guns — as well as a new poll showing a majority of Americans in support of those executive actions — Trump declined to respond. Instead, Trump continued to sign autographs for supporters, ignoring CNN’s questions.

Trump, who frequently touts his strong support for Second Amendment rights, has spent little time slamming Obama’s recent executive actions, simply telling his supporters that “they’re not going to take your guns away folks” even though “they’re trying.”