Posted on 02/10/2016 4:09:38 PM PST by PROCON
An analysis of mass shootings in the United States since the year 2002 shows that gun wielding mass killers are more likely to strike where the Second Amendment right to bear arms has been supplanted by "gun-free zone" ordinances; be they federal, local, or specified by the owner of the property.
The Stanford University Libraries' dataset of mass shootings ("Stanford Mass Shootings in America, courtesy of the Stanford Geospatial Center and Stanford Libraries") was analyzed for mass shootings over the past 14 years.
The definition of a mass shooting for the Stanford database is three or more shooting victims injured or killed not including the shooter. Shootings that are gang or drug related are not included.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailysignal.com ...
Common sense is not so common...
Well, the ones that survive CCW zones probably do. Of course many of them don’t get the chance to be considered a “mass shooter”.
The only trustworthy stats are from Brady, VPN, and of course, Moms against...
I prefer weapons free zones. Translate as necessary.
They needed a STUDY to figure this out? The rest of us knew this would happen when the do-gooders first got gun-free zone laws passed!
Send this report to all the establishments that have “no guns” policies, and include a statement that you will not patronize their business until said policies are changed ... Say that you do not feel safe in their establishment.
It’s easier to shoot people who don’t shoot back. And this brilliant piece of reasoning took a study to figure it out?
Now that we have open carry, we also have tons of brand new 30.07 signs.
Or don't patronize the establishment.
The fact that they use the propaganda term “gun violence” in describing the study, shows that they were not rigorous.
This type of study fails because it automatically excludes most of the successful defensive uses of firearms.
If three people are not killed, the event is not included in the study. Here are over 20 such events:
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2015/05/mass-killings-stopped-by-armed-citizens.html
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