Springfield, VA -(AmmoLand.com)- Over 90% of mass shooters commit their acts of violence in Gun Free Zones.
See the site that constantly updates this statistic here: https://bit.ly/2bdpM2O. And while the national media frequently covers these tragic stories, they rarely cover the overwhelming number of examples where armed citizens use guns to protect themselves and others.
President Obama commissioned the Centers for Disease Control to study gun violence in 2013, and Slate reported on the findings in their article, “Rethinking Gun Control: Surprising findings from a comprehensive report on gun violence.” Slate revealed that, according to the CDC, “defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year.”
When one compares these figures to the 30,000 yearly U.S. gun deaths (most of which are via suicide), one sees that guns are used 16 to 100 times more often to save life than take life.
About Gun Owners of America (GOA):
Gun Owners of America (GOA) is a non-profit lobbying organization formed in 1975 to preserve and defend the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. GOA sees firearms ownership as a freedom issue. `The only no comprise gun lobby in Washington’ – Ron Paul.
For more information, visit: www.gunowners.org.
I always get a kick from this video. Sorry for the satire. I couldn’t resist.
FREE KILL ZONE PERIOD
just ask San Bernadino
The right of self defense is the first law of nature. In most governments, it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Whenever standing armies are kept up, and when the right of people to keep and bear arms is, under any color or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty , if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction. – Henry St. George Tucker, Blackstone’s 1789 Commentaries on the Laws of England
Three years ago my wife had a stroke. At that time I was not a conceal carry person and really did not think about it. Since then I have some one possibly try to break into my home and two other houses on my street. I have since gotten my carry license and do so every day. They talk about gun free zones and I am here to tell you, my wife now lives in a nursing facility that is a gun free zone and I worry every day about that. Every time I visit I have to leave my… Read more »
take your weapon with you,concealed of course, they don,t frisk you do they???
There are only a few places that guns are truly illegal to carry. Places like federal buildings, professional sports complexes, schools, and a few others. Check your local laws on where you can legally carry. Just because they put a sign up doesn’t mean it’s law…