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How gun-free zones invite mass shootings
Chicago Tribune ^ | November 20, 2018 | John R. Lott Jr.

Posted on 11/23/2018 10:11:16 AM PST by rogerantone1

“This doesn’t happen anywhere else on the planet,” said California’s Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom. “We stand alone in the world in the number of mass shootings," echoed U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. These were typical comments after an alleged shooter murdered 12 people in Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

People have been acting for a long time like the United States is the world’s hotbed of mass public shootings. Following a 2015 mass shooting during his administration, President Barack Obama declared: “The one thing we do know is that we have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California; US: New York
KEYWORDS: banglist; california; carolynmaloney; cprc; gavinnewsom; mediabias; newyork; shootings

1 posted on 11/23/2018 10:11:16 AM PST by rogerantone1
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2 posted on 11/23/2018 10:12:57 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies when Democrats refuse to accept the result of a democratic election they didn't win.)
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It was Joe Biden ‘ s law signed by Bush 41.
Next question?


3 posted on 11/23/2018 10:19:06 AM PST by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorable)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I'd have this sign at my house.

Image result for warning not a gun free zone

But why tip off the bad guys?

 

 

 

4 posted on 11/23/2018 10:28:21 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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“This doesn’t happen anywhere else on the planet,”....“We stand alone in the world in the number of mass shootings,”

Really? Tell that to people around the world and I think many would disagree. There are lots of places in this world where there is so much violence and daily shootings that a sane person would not travel there. Look at all the mass church and village shootings in Africa, of course these were done by Muslims so may they don’t count. It pisses me off so people are so blind to what is happening worldwide more often then in the USA.


5 posted on 11/23/2018 11:28:38 AM PST by This I Wonder32460 (Stay Calm & MAGA On!)
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I'm guessing you didn't actually read the article at the link, because he refuted the quoted statement with facts and figures, not just his gut feeling.
6 posted on 11/23/2018 1:51:29 PM PST by Old Student (As I watch the balkanization of our nation I realize that Robert A. Heinlein was a prophet.)
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