By John Lott, Worldwide Expert on Guns & Crime
This week, another mass shooting
unfolded - this time at Fort Stewart military base in Georgia. A male Army
sergeant, who illegally carried a gun on the base, wounded five soldiers before
others tackled and disarmed him. Typically, only authorized designated security
forces such as MPs are armed on duty. Any other soldier caught carrying a
firearm faces severe consequences. So why would
a soldier risk such harsh penalties? Because if you're the attacker, planning
to murder fellow soldiers, gun control laws won't stop you. Time after time, murderers exploit regulations that
guarantee they'll face no armed resistance. Diaries and manifestos of
mass public shooters show a chilling trend. They deliberately choose gun-free
zones, knowing their victims can’t fight back. While we don’t yet know if the
Fort Stewart shooter made that same calculation, his actions fit a pattern seen
in dozens of other cases. Let's stop pretending that gun-free zones
protect anyone; they only protect killers. [more...]
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