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Maryland Mall Shooting at yet another gun free zone

Jan 25, 2014 | Featured

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The Mall in Columbia was clearly yet another gun free zone. (Click on figure to make it larger.)
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Of course, just as important, it is essentially impossible for your average citizen in Maryland to obtain a concealed handgun permit. Permits are issued to ex-cops and a few politically well connected wealth people. With one of the lowest permit issuing rates in the country, criminals and terrorists in Maryland have virtually nothing to worry about in terms of a permit holder stopping them.

For related information on this debate see:

CPRC in the Philadelphia Inquirer: On why gun control is becoming even more impossible to impose

Mayors Against Illegal Guns gets supposed list of shootings where guns were allowed all wrong

Multiple Victim Public Shootings

For a very detailed discussion on mass public shootings from 2010 see John Lott’s book “More Guns, Less Crime.”

Gun toting teachers’ names must remain private

New gun laws will do nothing to stop mass shooting attacks

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