An active shooter at an Atlanta hospital murdered one and injured at least four others. A copy of the gun-free zone policy is available here.
Gun Free Zones
Old National Bank Shooting in Louisville was in yet ANOTHER Gun-free Zone, the murderer was another left-winger
The attack by a former employee at the Old National Bank in Louisville occurred at 8:38 AM on April 10th, 2023. Bank hours are between 9 AM and 5 PM, so only employees were present, though the bank apparently also bans customers from carrying permitted concealed...
Three people were shot at the Christiana Mall in Delaware, yet another gun-free zone
The Mall's Code of Conduct is available here. Three people were shot at the Christiana Mall in Delaware. This might have been a gang shooting, and if so, it wouldn't fit the definition of a gun-free zone. Delaware State Police confirmed that three individuals were...
UPDATED: Umpqua Community College is yet another mass public shooting in a gun-free zone
UPDATE: The Associated Press has an article claiming that our claim that this attack didn’t occur in a gun-free zone. (We appreciate the AP updating their article and adding a note in their original article to point to our response.) In emails, the AP...
Covenant School Mass Murderer had looked at two other targets, but decided against them because “security was too great”
From the New York Post: Police have not yet released information related to the motive, but said the school — not specific victims — was targeted. Swope told The Post that Hale had “looked at” two other schools, both public, before deciding “the security was too great...
Covenant School Shooter targeted another place but decided against that “because of a threat assessment by the suspect of too much security”
Here is yet another example of mass public shooter picking a target based on whether people with guns made doing the attack difficult. More details will hopefully be forthcoming. We have previously pointed to similar examples here and here. . “It was the only school...
Nashville Covenant School Shooting was in yet another gun-free zone
Unfortunately, this is yet another mass public shooting in a gun-free zone. The mass murderer originally targeted a local mall but decided against that “because of a threat assessment by the suspect of too much security.” . From Tennessee 39-17-1309 Carrying Weapons...
A retired New York police inspector and the president of the Times Square Alliance explains that Gun-free Zones won’t stop criminals from carrying a gun
Amazingly, the New York Times actually quotes a retired police officer who understands the problems with gun-free zones. The shooting was the first since the creation of the expansive, signposted zone, the police said in a statement, and it immediately renewed...
A shooting at Walmart that left six dead occurred in yet another gun-free zone
"The shooting erupted without warning, during a late-night shift change as some workers were congregating in a break room, witnesses said Wednesday of the shooting at a Chesapeake, Virginia, Walmart that killed six people and injured at least four others."...
TV Show Bias: FBI Dismissing the notion Concealed Carry Permit holders can stop a mass public shooter, “wild west shootout”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SafiJN8LIgo Mass public shooters pick gun-free zones as their target for a reason. These murderers know the more people they kill, the more media attention they can get. They know that they will be able to kill more people when victims...
What we know about the shooting at the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis
On Monday, the St Louis high school called the police about an active shooter at 9:11 a.m., with police arriving at the school four minutes later. After another eight minutes, the police engaged in a gunfight and secured him. While there were seven security personnel...
Philadelphia Inquirer: Gun-free zones at Philly recreational centers
Dr. John Lott has a letter to the editor in the Philadephia Inquirer. The Inquirer did edit out one important part of the first sentence. It was supposed to read "caught in the cross fire between rival gangs."