Carolinian
TUG Member
Good point. The principal was given nothing to defend her students with, not even a bow and arrow or pepper mace.
In the recent mall shooting, the gunman murdered two people but then a civilian with a concealed carry permit came up and drew a pistol on him, so the gunman shot himself and ended the rampage.
Gun control ideas can kill more people than they save, and ''gun free zones'' like this school are a prime example.
In the recent mall shooting, the gunman murdered two people but then a civilian with a concealed carry permit came up and drew a pistol on him, so the gunman shot himself and ended the rampage.
Gun control ideas can kill more people than they save, and ''gun free zones'' like this school are a prime example.
Read an interesting statistic today:
EVERY single "mass shooting" since 1950 that has involved 3 or more fatalities, has been in a "gun free zone", with one exception, the shooting of Rep. Giffords in Tucson, AZ.
That is pretty astounding, IMO, these so called "gun free zones" are nothing more than mass murderer enabling zones. For the past 70 years this law obviously has done nothing to protect law abiding people. As if a mass murderer is going to change his mind because he saw a no guns allowed sign.
Gun free zones ensure law abiding citizens become helpless victims, while would-be mass shooters have defensless targets.
IMO, If a place is to be designated a gun free zone, then it is the obligation of the facility to have an armed professional protecting the defenseless citizens.... If they are unable to provide this then law abiding citizens who are already issued carry permits by their state police should be permitted to carry them for their protection and the protection of others. They are already trusted to carry them on our streets, our bowling alleys, and our restaraunts, etc.
I heard about defenseless school staff lunging at the shooter and sacrificing themselves to try to stop this madman, and about a teacher who hid her students in a closet and waited for the gunmen helplessly to tell him her kids were in the gym and then only to feel his wrath. Why should she not be permitted to have a firearm to protect herself and blast this shooter away when he walks through her classroom door? If you dont want our teachers armed what about at the very least letting the principle and administrators have ability to protect our schools. You are already trusting your kids lives and minds to her whether you realize it or not.