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Posted on 09/04/2007 3:06:42 AM PDT by T.L.Sink
With school starting, the attack at Virginia Tech that left 32 dead is still people's minds. But Virginia Tech's report on how to prevent future tragedies is pretty disappointing. And one glaring omission remains. The report failed to ask whether there were any common feature among the different multiple-victim public shooting tragedies. All these attacks shared something in common: citizens were already banned from having guns in those areas. Indeed, every multiple-victim public shooting of any size has occurred in one of those gun-free zones. Virginia Tech has rigorously enforced its gun-free zone policy and suspended students with concealed handgun permits who have tried to bring guns onto school property. Three year prison terms await those who take guns onto property of K-12 schools. But these penalties are meaningless for someone intent on killing. But citizens and police who pack heat do help, because they can stop a shooting while it's happening. Amazingly, opposition to guns on campuses is so extreme that some even oppose police carrying guns. Until the 1970's, Israel had to deal with the reality of terrorists who would take machine guns into shopping malls, schools, and synogogues and open fire. That type of attack doesn't happen anymore. Why? Israelis realized that armed citizens could stop such an attacker. While right-to-carry laws reduce violent crime generally, the effect is much larger for multiple-victim shootings. For a shooting in a public place where there might be dozens or hundreds of people, it will almost ensure that at least someone will be able to defend himself and others. Annual surveys of crime victims in America by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics continually show that, when confronted by a criminal, people are safest if they have a gun. Unfortunately, too many gun laws disarm law-abiding citizens, not criminals.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
“More Guns, Not Less, Would Prevent Shooting Massacres”
Indeed. Worth repeating.
More and more folks are catching on though...
and scurvy too... just trying to be helpful
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BTW, it’s “Fred Thompson ‘08!” ;-)
Who is Maxim? His son?
Libertarian ping! To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here.
when he officially announces, I was just trying to be be funny. Actually I’ll take Hunter, Tancredo, Huckabee or anyone else who isn’t McCain, Romney or Rudy. I am tired of letting the media decide.
Yes. He’s a student at William & Mary and assists John with his research.
I agree 100% with the John Lott book. I have a copy,have read it,and I attended a rally (AIMM) where he was a guest speaker.
excerpt on Kennesaw, Georgia:
“Gun Law”
“On May 1, 1982 the city passed an ordinance [Sec 34-1a] requiring every head of household to maintain a firearm together with ammunition. It was passed partly in response to a 1981 handgun ban in Morton Grove, Illinois. Kennesaw’s law was amended in 1983 to exempt those who conscientiously object to owning a firearm, convicted felons, those who cannot afford a firearm, and those with a mental or physical disability that would prevent them from owning a firearm. It mentions no penalty for its violation. According to the Kennesaw Historical Society, no one has ever been charged under the ordinance.
“Reports of resulting burglary rate statistics
“Gary Kleck, a criminologist and gun-control critic attributes a drop of 89% in the residential burglary rate to the law. Kennesaw is often cited by advocates of gun ownership as evidence that gun ownership deters crime.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennesaw,_Georgia
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