Posted on 02/28/2013 2:17:56 PM PST by marktwain
The ugly truth is that gun free zones are not about irrational dreams of safety. They are about power and control. The irrational spouting about safety is just a way to get emotional support from those who don’t really think about the issue.
Gun free zones are just another incremental way to move toward total control. The idea is simple: make an example of a place where guns are not allowed, with no rational reason other than “we do not tolerated armed citizens *here*” . This lends legitimacy to the thought that citizens with guns are a bad thing, and the idea that more such zones should be created and encouraged. Haven't we all heard a variant of “If we do not allow guns in (school, legislature, church) then we certainly should not allow them in (school, legislature, church, parking lot, mall, store, DC.)
Gun free zones are designed to grow and spread, like small pox.
The other purpose of gun free zones is to make carrying a gun as uncomfortable, legally dangerous, and impractical as possible. Look at any map that shows the impact of the insane “Gun Free School Zone” act of 1996. In any urban area, it becomes impossible to conduct business in a normal manner while carrying a gun that is not licensed in that state, without breaking the law.
Neither of these clear purposes is discussed openly by those who detest free citizens, fear the power that they gain from carrying guns, and the independent mindset that it fosters.
Those who favor citizen disarmament base their appeal on lies, derive their power from lies, and cannot exist when their lies are exposed.
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Question please. The Gun free school zone act specifically says permit issued by the state. The permits here are issued by county sheriffs. As far as I know the State doesn’t issue permits.
I had a conversation with the city prosecutor, who was at the house for a dinner party. I told him I didn’t appreciate being a felon every time I passed the middle school on my way to work. He told me I didn’t know what I was talking about. Whatever. Gun Free School Zones are a terrible infringement on my rights. I don’t think the provision is enforced, rarely if ever, but that would sure be a good way to get guns off the streets, and gun owners too.
And finally a short video showing the sheer idiocy of the Proggie “Mind”:
Make your own Gun Free Zone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhgzcioPet8&feature=player_detailpage
Would be nice to see those signs on a lot of establishments. In the meantime, I’m just happy if they don’t have a “You can’t carry here” sign.
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