OT~How safe are Gun Free Zones?

Fort Hood was a gun free zone, implemented by the Clinton Administration
in 1993. However all that the gun free zone did was assure that law
abiding and regulation abiding individuals would remain unarmed and
allowed a nut case to take several lives and wound several other
individuals over a 10 minute period.

From:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/...gun-free-zone/

"Beginning in March 1993, under the Clinton administration, the army
forbids military personnel from carrying their own personal firearms and
mandates that "a credible and specific threat against [Department of the
Army] personnel [exist] in that region" before military personnel "may
be authorized to carry firearms for personal protection."

Further down in the article:

"Research shows that allowing individuals to defend themselves
dramatically reduces the rates of multiple victim public shootings. Even
if attacks still occur, having civilians with permitted concealed
handguns limits the damage. A major factor in determining how many
people are harmed by these killers is the amount of time that elapses
between when the attack starts and someone is able to arrive on the
scene with a gun. Ten minutes must have seemed like an eternity to those
trapped in the attack at Ft. Hood. All the multiple victim public
shootings in the U.S. -- in which more than three people have been
killed -- have all occurred in places where concealed handguns have been
banned."

For those who don't trust Fox for any news, try he
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...-base-gun-ban/

So I'm wondering if a couple of folks here would like to tell me again
how I'm safer in a place that has a, "no guns allowed sign", posted at
the door.



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the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic
and servile, but is morally treasonable to the
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Bob Hatch wrote:
Fort Hood was a gun free zone, implemented by the Clinton Administration
in 1993. However all that the gun free zone did was assure that law
abiding and regulation abiding individuals would remain unarmed and
allowed a nut case to take several lives and wound several other
individuals over a 10 minute period.

From:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/...gun-free-zone/


"Beginning in March 1993, under the Clinton administration, the army
forbids military personnel from carrying their own personal firearms and
mandates that "a credible and specific threat against [Department of the
Army] personnel [exist] in that region" before military personnel "may
be authorized to carry firearms for personal protection."

Further down in the article:

"Research shows that allowing individuals to defend themselves
dramatically reduces the rates of multiple victim public shootings. Even
if attacks still occur, having civilians with permitted concealed
handguns limits the damage. A major factor in determining how many
people are harmed by these killers is the amount of time that elapses
between when the attack starts and someone is able to arrive on the
scene with a gun. Ten minutes must have seemed like an eternity to those
trapped in the attack at Ft. Hood. All the multiple victim public
shootings in the U.S. -- in which more than three people have been
killed -- have all occurred in places where concealed handguns have been
banned."

For those who don't trust Fox for any news, try he
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...-base-gun-ban/


So I'm wondering if a couple of folks here would like to tell me again
how I'm safer in a place that has a, "no guns allowed sign", posted at
the door.



I'm really sorry about this post. It was not supposed to be in this
group but there is no way to kill it now.

Damn, I need to pay closer attention. :-(

--
"To announce that there must be no criticism
of the President, or that we are to stand by
the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic
and servile, but is morally treasonable to the
American public."
Theodore Roosevelt
http://www.bobhatch.com
http://www.tdsrvresort.com