I was cruising around YouTube today watching some of Ted Nugent's videos on gun control and the 2nd Amendment when he mentioned the uselessness of "gun free zones." That kinda struck a chord with me, and since I haven't really addressed that issue in my blog, well, here we are!
So let me start off by asking the obvious question for those of you who many not have ever heard the term: What is a "gun free zone?" Well, the literal answer to the question is this: a "gun free zone" is an area which has been designated either by policy or ordinance in which the carrying of a firearm is either not allowed or illegal, including the carrying of a concealed weapon by CW (Concealed Weapon) permit holders. In short, with the obvious exception of law enforcement officials, NO ONE in a "gun free zone" is allowed to have a gun. Period.
The realistic answer to the question is far, far different, and it goes like this: a "gun free zone" is an area in which no one but the criminal will have a gun.
This means that there will be two kinds of people in a "gun free zone" - the criminal and his victims. And should the criminal decide to start shooting, it will be just like shooting fish in a barrel.
The concept of the "gun free zone" was thought up as a "feel good" measure by the anti-gun crowd, aka "The Brady Bunch," to make people feel safer in the wake of events such as the shootings last year at Virginia Tech. The idea is that if you go into an area that is posted as a "gun free zone," you're going to feel safer knowing that no one there will have a gun.
A nice concept, except for one small thing - it won't work.
Anyone with any amount of sanity and intelligence at all should realize that "gun free zones" won't work and are useless for the same reason that gun control laws won't work and are useless - criminals don't obey the law! That's why they're called "criminals!"
Virginia Tech is proof that "gun free zones" don't work. The school has a long-standing policy in place prohibiting firearms on campus, so in effect at the time of the shootings, the entire campus was a "gun free zone." But this sure didn't stop that asshole Cho from shooting more than 30 people, did it? Nope, sure didn't!
On the flip side of the coin is the shooting in the Midwest (the location escapes me) that took place a short time later at not one but TWO churches, in which a criminal shot and killed several people at one church and then moved on to the next one. Thing is, when he got to the second church one of the congregation was a CW permit holder who was armed in the church with the approval of the church leadership, and when the gunman started shooting the CW holder - a woman, by the way - opened fire and punched his ticket for him! The shooting rampage was stopped literally dead in its tracks, and no more lives were lost.
So you tell me: where are YOU gonna feel safer? At Virginia Tech or any other place that is designated as a "gun free zone," or sitting in the church with that CW holder in the Midwest?
I fail to understand how anyone with any amount of intelligence can NOT see how "gun free zones" don't work. It just plain escapes me.
As for me, I will never - NEVER - become one of the "fish in a barrel."
IHC
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