Congressman Thomas Massie has proposed repealing the controversial federal ban on guns within a thousand feet of a school. From cnsnews.com:
Posted on 03/05/2018 11:14:11 AM PST by marktwain
Congressman Thomas Massie has proposed repealing the controversial federal ban on guns within a thousand feet of a school. From cnsnews.com:
Massie said the solution to school shootings is putting more than one armed guard at school or allowing teachers to be armed, adding that “98 percent of mass public shootings happen in a gun free zone.”
“And we’ve labeled all of our schools as gun free zones. We need to take those labels off, and put our kids in that two percent category of being safe, instead of being in that 98 percent vulnerable category,” he said.
Massie said his bill, the Safe Students Act (H.R. 34), has the support of Columbine survivor Evan Todd.
Nyuk nyuk nyuk!
Excellent! I just called my congress critter and asked him to cosponser it.
It’s about time! GFSZ’s only give a false sense of security, when in fact they create an enhanced victim zone.
Mass murder at schools shot up (no pun intended?) after video games like Doom, Grand Theft Auto, and other FPS became popular.
Correlation does not prove causation.. (The FPS I play is called Combat Arms.)
Correlation does not prove causation.
But it is very hard to have causation without correlation.
The signs are not deterring the bad guys, now, are they?
Finally some common sense! You can’t virtue-signal and call a school a gun-free zone unless you can back it up with armed men and equipment, like an airport or courthouse. If you are not willing to put a window sticker on your house that says you are gun-free, then why would you do this to our kids?!?
It's also one of the first charges bargained away by a prosecutor in a plea deal, so it isn't enforced against the intended gang-banger community.
The federal law also does't apply to CCW holders, in which case state law takes over. Many CCW friendly states allow Concealed carry when on campus to pickup or drop off students, as long as the holder remains in the car, which is more than the Post Office allows.
And as you may know, our mutual home state of Michigan, because of the wording of the state statute, allows open carry on school grounds and in school buildings by those with CCW permits, but prohibits concealed carry.
Frankly, repealing the gun free school zone law at the federal level will do nothing to change the individual state laws on the books.
You want to do something constructive? Get at least parking lot storage at Post Offices passed. It is ridiculous that CCW holders can't even lock their guns in their cars while they go into the Post Office.
That's something Trump can do with a stroke of his Executive Order pen.
The original intent of the gun free school zone laws was to provide for additional punishment for those accused of committing a crime involving a firearm while on or near a school.
You want to do something constructive? Get at least parking lot storage at Post Offices passed. It is ridiculous that CCW holders can’t even lock their guns in their cars while they go into the Post Office.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/how-president-trump-can-defang-federal.html
AG Sessions should declare that legally bearing arms for self defense is a lawful purpose.
Highly recommended to send to everyone,as in everybody in your social circle aka Address Book virtual or other.
2/3 of mine will delete b4 even taking a peek and they are the ones with young kids..As me dear ole Maw ustah say, “Go Figure”?
As I say “F’em”
“Mass murder at schools shot up after the federal gun bans were passed.”
I don’t think that’s supposed to mean that the bans caused the shootings, but only that the bans failed in their intended purpose of stopping them.
I remember seeing a post, and picture of a yard sign, on FR some time ago that reflected this sentiment and brought forth a chuckle of mirth, to wit (and I paraphrase:)
"This property is protected by supporters of the 2nd Amendment and ardent Bearers of firearms. Those with felonious intent are herewith warned that confrontations with the homeowners will be met with appropriate force. However,
<---- the property next door is a gun free zone.
Enjoy..."
Gun Free= Free Fire Zone
Now that is real courage. Hear hear.
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