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Gun-free zones won't work

Posted: Sunday, November 08, 2015 at 10:10 PM EST - Item ID: 511

We can continue to rant about school shootings, create more gun-free zones and pass more laws and nothing will change. If you stop and look at who is doing the shootings you realize it is as much or more a mental health problem than a crime problem. Many of these shooters are on multiple psychotropic drugs.

Why don't these shooters try to shoot up a police department? Because they have guns there.

Remember this: you will never be in a more vulnerable position than when you are in a gun free zone. Think about this when you send the kids off to school tomorrow. The criminals don't care, that's why they are criminals.

Our president wants more gun-free zones but hasn't personally been in one for eight years. Chicago, his hometown, has some of the strictest gun laws in the country along with the highest murder and shooting rate in the country.

Back in the 90s a coworker was going to go camping in Glacier National Park. He mentioned that he was taking along a large caliber revolver. When I told him that it was illegal to take a gun into a national park he said, "Yes, I know but sometimes you just have to use a little common sense."

If you want to stop the school shootings let it be known that some teachers will be armed in every school.

I am reminded of a sign at the entrance to a very nice residential property in Arizona: Protected by armed guards three days a week, you pick the day.

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