Yet another mass shooting in our country. And in the wake more arguments about how guns kill people. More cries to abolish the 2nd Amendment. More political hot air about taking guns away from law abiding citizens would reduce crime. More media hype on how deadly guns are. Why are we not looking at these things as a whole? Why are we not studying and comparing these mass shootings to one another? It's easy to blame an inanimate object. It's easier to say some mental case was obsessed with guns. Almost all mass shootings in America happen in a gun free zone. And some of these gun free zones might surprise you.
Most are familiar with schools being a gun free zone. The law that created gun free zones around all schools in our country was written in 1990. This law was almost immediately struck down by the Supreme Court. The court said that the congress had overstepped it's Constitutional boundaries. After some careful rewording the law was accepted in the name of interstate commerce. How interstate commerce affects schools is beyond my understanding. This began the era mass shootings at schools. Cowards that want to kill people now had a place to do their dirty work with zero resistance. The nightmares of Columbine, Sandy Hook, and Virginia Tech were enabled by a designated zone of no resistance. It's not just schools anymore. James Holmes picked the Century movie theater in Aurora Colorado because it was the only one of seven theaters in the Denver metro area that was designated a gun free zone. The latest part of this maddening equation is shootings at military complexes. Hasan killed thirteen people at Fort Hood in Texas. That's crazy, people in Texas shoot back. Then just a few weeks ago, this Alexis clown walks into a Navy complex and kills 12 of our finest. How is this possible? A little known fact, in 1993 President Clinton sign an order making all military facilities gun free zones. We will put a M-16 in your hand to go fight for our country abroad, but we won't let you defend yourself in your own barracks. When was the last time you heard of a mass shooting at a gun show? Or someone killing innocents at a youth turkey hunt? The crazy people that want to kill others will never choose a place where others have guns. A coward always chooses the path of least resistance.
Taking guns out of law abiding citizen's hands has nothing to do with protecting people. Making more laws don't prevent criminals from performing crimes. Gun free zones have failed miserably. Time to look at this from the other side of the equation. Time to let criminals know that law abiding citizens have guns as well. Let's stop punishing the good for the bad. At the end of the day it is frightening to know that my kids are at a gun free zone that psycho's target and if these whack jobs go to my kid's school I am powerless to protect them because I obey the law. Something needs to change and soon. Why don't we protect innocent people instead of criminals?
I went to a gun safety class recently and I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone, even if you are not going to carry a gun. It's good to know what our gun laws are and fight against or for them as you see fit. Ignorance is not a good quality when it comes to guns.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree Luna, I took a CCP class two months ago and the knowledge of the laws and scenarios was something I thought everyone should be educated on.
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