Wisconsin School Shooting Occurred in Another Gun-free zone

Dec 16, 2024 | Gun Free Zones

We need Congress to act. Now. . . . Congress must pass commonsense gun safety laws: Universal background checks. A national red flag law. A ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. . . .

President Joe Biden, “Congress must pass commonsense gun safety laws: Universal background checks. A national red flag law. A ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines<” The White House, December 16, 2024.

After the shooting, President Bide immediately pushed for more gun control laws. Take his first proposal, there is not one mass public shooting this century that would have been stopped if such a law as been in effect and perfectly enforced.

Two people were murdered in an attack at the Abundant Life Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin. If you have a concealed handgun permit, you can carry a concealed handgun within 1,000 feet of a school but not in or on grounds of the school. There is no exception for teachers or staff. Some of the quotes from the mass murderers where they explain why they pick the targets that they do (see here). An op-ed that we had last week on school shootings. All the mass public school shootings have occurred in gun-free zones. There have been

Biden states that “From Newtown to Uvalde, Parkland to Madison, to so many other shootings that don’t receive attention . . . .” There have been nine mass public school shootings since 2000.

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