On 'Gun Free Zones'

[Subdeacon Joe]

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Salty Dad

To all those calling for gun control and "gun free zones", I ask a very simple series of questions:

- How many gunfights have you been in?

- What is your subject matter expertise when it comes to violence,
armed combat, or Law Enforcement? Do you have any real experience with
combating violence, the criminal mindset, or the violently mentally ill?
- What facts are you basing your opinion on? Or, are
you simply running on emotion, and parroting what someone else tells
you? And, if you are, what actual experience do the people whose
opinions you are parroting have?

The opinion on the left was
written by a close friend. It was written quickly, and with raw emotion.
He is the man in the middle picture. He is a a former member of USMC
FAST Co, and has spent the last ten years, in combat, in Iraq and
Afghanistan. I have spent the majority of my adult life policing some of
the worst ghettos in my area. I am the one on the far right. He has
many years of actual combat experience. I have many years of actual
experience with violence, criminals, the violently mentally ill, and how
well criminals follow the law.

Both of us are of the same
mind..."gun free zones" are an abject, unmitigated failure. They simply
do not work. In fact, they actually encourage violence...because
criminals and crazies know they can dominate and kill without fear of
anyone standing in their way. Every mass shooting since 1990 has
occurred in a "gun free" zone. (If you want to argue that the Giffords
shooting wasn't in one, consider this...It occurred in the midst of a
bunch of liberals, who voluntarily disarmed themselves. It was a self
imposed "gun free zone".)

He and I both know that the one thing
that will stop a motivated individual with a weapon...is another
motivated individual with a weapon. Criminal and crazy don't follow the
laws that you do. A goofy, pathetic sign does nothing to stop them. They
want their victims to be unable to fight back. When presented with an
armed response, they generally kill themselves, or give up. They do not
want to fight...they want unfettered access to helpless victims.

I have found nine examples of mass shootings stopped by a quick, armed response.

- Pearl High School 10/1/1997
- Parker Middle School Shooting 4/28/1998
- The Appalachian School Of Law 1/16/2002
- The New Life Church 12/9/2007
- The Trolley Square Mall 2/12/2007
- The Golden Market 7/19/2009
- The New York Mills AT&T 5/27/2010
- The Clackamas Mall 12/11/2012
- The San Antonio Theater 12/16/2012


The first rule of a gunfight is....Have a gun, NOT wait for someone
with a gun to arrive, and hope you don't die in the process. An on
scene, armed response is the key to stopping these events, with a
minimum loss of life.

It is time that hoplophobes stop living
in a fantasy world. "Gun Free" zones are only gun free until criminal or
crazy decides otherwise. The anti gun crazies need to stop thinking
that everyone is as passive as they are, and realize that evil does
exist. Instead of listening to clueless "activists", moronic
politicians, or the emotion laden histrionics of people that live in a
fantasy world, maybe it is time to listen to those who have actual
experience, and subject matter expertise.

Perhaps, you
hoplophobes love your children less, and are willing to sacrifice them
in the name of "progress". Perhaps, your political goals are only
realized with numerous dead children on TV. Perhaps, you people are more
concerned with "feeling safe", than actually having your children
protected. Those scenarios are the only ones that can explain the
continued push for a policy that is not only a complete failure, but
also jeopardizes lives and encourages violence.

One final
question.....When was the last time you heard a story about a criminal,
or a violently mentally ill subject being deterred by a "gun free" zone?


I though so.....

 

 

[Kiowa Kid, SASS #69870L]

Very well spoken and to the point, it is a shame it will fall on deaf liberal ears.

[Virgil Ray Hality, SASS# 37355]

It sure makes me wonder what state of mind the "gun free advocate" is in, to really want to back such a failing concept.