It ought to be common sense — even the most ardent gun-control advocate
would never put “Gun-Free Zone” signs on their homes. Let’s finally stop
putting them elsewhere.
When will politicians finally recognize that they can’t protect all the possible shooting targets?
Possibly the largest mass public shooting in US history occurred
early on Sunday morning, leaving 50 dead. On Friday, also in Orlando,
singer Christina Grimmie was murdered after a concert.
Both of these shootings had something in common: They both occurred
in places where private citizens were banned from carrying permitted
concealed handguns.
With the exception of Donald Trump, over the last few days
politicians have talked about everything but gun-free zones. Hillary
Clinton and President Obama have been talking background checks on the
private transfers of guns or banning people who are on the “no-fly
lists” from buying guns.
But not one of the mass shootings since at least 2000, including
Sunday’s, would’ve been stopped by these laws. Nor would renewing the
federal “assault weapons” ban solve the problem; even research paid for
by Bill Clinton’s administration found no evidence the ban reduced any
type of crime.
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