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John Lott: Gun-free zones easy targets for would-be killers
Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | Feb. 9, 2017 | John R. Lott

Posted on 02/09/2017 8:51:41 AM PST by deoetdoctrinae

Would you post a sign in front of your home announcing that you live in a gun-free zone? Would this make you feel safer?

To criminals, gun-free zones just look like easy targets. But in a recent column for the News Sentinel, Mark Harmon argues that killers pay no attention to gun-free zones. He incorrectly claims that this is the “consensus view” of academic research.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: banglist; gunfreezones; johnlott
A recent article by a local columnist gave Dr. Lott reason to write a well stated rebuttal. He concluded his responding column with this.

"Even the most ardent gun-control advocate — presumably even Harmon — would never put “Gun-Free Zone” signs on his home. Let’s stop putting them elsewhere."

1 posted on 02/09/2017 8:51:41 AM PST by deoetdoctrinae
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To: deoetdoctrinae

Well...duh.


2 posted on 02/09/2017 8:55:17 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted. It belongs to the brave. - - Ronaldus Magnus Reagan)
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To: deoetdoctrinae

Thank you Captain Obvious.


3 posted on 02/09/2017 8:55:42 AM PST by SkyDancer (Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
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To: deoetdoctrinae

If I did that, I would be sued for “salting the field” if someone tried to break in....


4 posted on 02/09/2017 8:58:52 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: deoetdoctrinae

THE ONLY PERSON SAFE IN A GUN-FREE ZONE IS THE KILLER


5 posted on 02/09/2017 9:02:24 AM PST by Mr. K ( Trump kicked her ass 2-to-1 if you remove all the voter fraud.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts; SkyDancer

Lol, I know, it seems (and is) obvious to us. Dr. Lott is trying his best to enlighten those who mistakenly think otherwise. It may be a losing battle, but I give him credit for continuing to try.


6 posted on 02/09/2017 9:12:50 AM PST by deoetdoctrinae (Donate monthly and end FReepathons.)
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7 posted on 02/09/2017 9:14:23 AM PST by deoetdoctrinae (Donate monthly and end FReepathons.)
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To: deoetdoctrinae

***Would you post a sign in front of your home announcing that you live in a gun-free zone?***

During the 1968 riots, some people actually posted “THIS HOUSE IS NOT ARMED” signs in their windows.

It didn’t last long.
Others posted “SOUL BROTHER” signs.

One of my favorite cartoons from way back then was a man cleaning and loading his shotgun and his wife says to him..”Shouldn’t we just post a SOUL BROTHER sign in the window?”


8 posted on 02/09/2017 9:16:21 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Mr. K

“THE ONLY PERSON SAFE IN A GUN-FREE ZONE IS THE KILLER”
Sheriff David Clarke from his May 20, 2016 speech.


9 posted on 02/09/2017 9:50:12 AM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
One of my favorite cartoons from way back then was a man cleaning and loading his shotgun and his wife says to him..”Shouldn’t we just post a SOUL BROTHER sign in the window?”

The classic:

or go over the top:
Pulp Fiction clip :43

10 posted on 02/09/2017 10:07:56 AM PST by Oatka
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To: deoetdoctrinae

The “Gun free zone” is a scam invented by the treasonists to bait wackos into killing people so the treasonists will have a excuse to ban guns. Would you go deer hunting if you knew the deer would shoot back? Hell no. A “Gun free zone” sign is nothing more than bait for wackos who want to go people hunting.


11 posted on 02/09/2017 10:38:42 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hillary Clinton IS a felon)
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To: deoetdoctrinae

Lol! Criminals pay no attention to gun laws. That’s why the rate of home invasion robberies is the same in Utah and Wyoming and NYC and Chicago.

Oh wait, it isn’t. Lolololol!


12 posted on 02/09/2017 11:21:22 AM PST by Seruzawa (I keel you Vorga feelthy.)
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To: deoetdoctrinae

By no means is it a losing battle. We’re winning, big.
Because we’re winning, the truth has become plainly obvious.

Supposedly intelligent people in positions of authority who insist on gun free zones are not simply misguided, because that space has been taken away by awareness. They are psychopaths who support gun free zones because they want mass shootings to happen, because they believe such tragedies are politically empowering for them. They want blood to dance in.

They don’t qualify for polite or deferential treatment, they aren’t worth arguing with, the only thing to do is REMOVE them.


13 posted on 02/09/2017 12:03:36 PM PST by JustaTech (A mind is a terrible thing)
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To: JohnLott

Ping


14 posted on 02/09/2017 4:50:06 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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