« Judge Jeanine Pirro Opening Statement - Have We Lost Our Minds & Sense Of Respect For Our Military? | Main | Richard Engel reporter in Northern Iraq Says Obama Strategy Clearly Not Working...'Enormous Contradictions' »
October 12, 2014
Report: 92 Percent of Mass Shootings Since 2009 Occurred in Gun-Free Zones
Report: 92 Percent of Mass Shootings Since 2009 Occurred in Gun-Free Zones
On October 9, the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) released a revised report showing that 92% of mass public shootings between January 2009 and July 2014 took place in gun-free zones.
The CPRC report was released in response to an Everytown for Gun Safety study claiming only 14% of mass public shootings took place in gun-free zones. Everytown actually claimed 86% of such incidents occurred in places where guns were allowed.
CPRC showed that the 86% claim rests on Everytown's "inclusion of attacks in private homes" and "numerous errors in identifying whether citizens can defend themselves." For example, Everytown "[ignores] rules that prevent general citizens from carrying guns [for self-defense]" in certain cities, and they fail to recognize that "allowing police to carry guns is not the same thing as letting civilians defend themselves."
So Everytown might count an attack in a public area in Los Angeles as a mass shooting where guns are allowed because certain guns are allowed in the city with a permit. However, they miss the fact that L.A. County issues a minuscule number of concealed carry permits, and many of the ones that are issued are granted only "to wealthy [political] donors."
Using the same numerical standard that Everytown used--four or more people killed--but taking all rules and regulations against firearm possession into account, CPRC showed that only 8% of mass public shootings occurred in places where citizens could have guns for self defense.
Wild Thing's comment...........
When you read the history of guns and people not being able to have guns in their homes it's a history of dictators, tyrants, and despots crushing citizens.
Posted by Wild Thing at October 12, 2014 12:55 AM
