07-15-2016, 09:10 AM
(07-15-2016, 07:40 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: It's correlation, but not causation. Some places have policies, and some states and municipalities have laws, regarding firearms in places where large groups of people gather. Churches, for instance, are off-limits for carry in Virginia. The very reason they are typically off-limits for carrying is why they make good targets: lots of vulnerable soft targets. But it isn't necessarily because the group is unarmed, just because it is a large gathering of people.
Besides, we have seen shootings in places that weren't gun free zones. The Dallas shootings are a most recent example. Not only did you have police, but you had people carrying rifles (that ended up being questioned as persons of interest because of it IIRC). Then there was that one school shooting in the Pacific NW that allowed firearms on campus. There have probably been others I just can't think of.
Kinda hard to use the Dallas shootings as the person was actually targeting those with guns in the first place.
I know we have seen shooting in gun free zones, but not to the same level of carnage as the soft targets.
In SC there was a guy that attempted to go into a night club just like Orlando, the difference is that he was dropped after firing off a few shots by a concealed carry holder.
