Report: 92 Percent of Mass Shootings Since 2009 Occurred In Gun-Free Zones

October 2, 2015

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 guards at the college had a can of Mace for protection.  These shooters are always going to go where it is a gun-free zone – duh!  There is no better example for Obama than Chicago, Illinois, his hometown.  They have strict laws against guns and it hasn’t stopped the killing every day.  What is his answer to that?  He seems to walk around that question?

The CPRC report was released in response to an Every town for Gun Safety study claiming only 14% of mass public shootings took place in gun-free zones. Every town actually claimed 86% of such incidents occurred in places where guns were allowed.

CPRC showed that the 86% claim rests on Every town’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 Every town 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 Every town 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.

Again, just think the guards in Oregon only had a can of Mace for protection.  We have to stop this stupidity.  People have to be able to protect themselves.   Just think how many lives could have been saved if someone would have had a gun to protect these people. These people who voted in this “gun free zone” are responsible for the deaths of these people.  What were they thinking?  These gun free zones need to be specified because I wouldn’t live in an area that is a gun-free zone because that is the area that the crazies go.

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