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...
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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...
UPDATED: How mass killers pick out venues where their victims are sitting ducks
Updated March 28, 2023: You would think the empirical evidence would be overwhelming at some point. When the Aurora, Colorado Batman movie theater shooter attacked, seven movie theaters were showing "The Dark Knight Rises" on July 20th within 20 minutes of the...
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...
Mississippi Public Schools may now allow teachers to carry firearms at school, Pennsylvania Republican Gubernatorial nominee supports allowing public school staff to carry concealed handguns
"A school district may, in its discretion, prohibit or allow its employees who hold enhanced conceal carry licenses to possess weapons at the school," Jean Cook, director of communication for the Mississippi Department of Education said in a statement. Bradford Betz,...
Congressman Thomas Massie mentions Nikki Goeser in a House Floor debate on the Six Democrat Gun Control Bills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=720h2NgiVec Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY), who is co-chair of the Congressional Second Amendment Caucus, gave the opening opposition House floor speech against the Democrats' new gun control bills. During the speech, he talked about...
Shooting at Tulsa hospital is in yet another gun-free zone
"The gunman who killed two doctors and two others at an Oklahoma medical building Wednesday did so after he blamed one of the physicians for causing him pain from a recent back surgery, a police chief said Thursday." Jason Hanna and Amanda Watts, "Gunman who killed 4...
Another School Shooting in a Place where teachers and staff were banned from carrying guns: Robb Elementary School in the Uvalde, Texas CISD
A shooting at a Texas elementary school left 14 children and one teacher murdered. While about 30% of school districts in Texas 2020 had armed teachers and staff, unfortunately, the Robb Elementary School in the Uvalde, Texas CISD doesn't appear to be one of...
Buffalo Resident after Tops Grocery Store attack: “Something has to change…If more people were armed”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYID6uDFZE On Fox News, a Buffalo resident makes this clear statement: “It’s ridiculous. Something has to change…If more people were armed—and knew what they were doing with a gun—because it’s not the gun. It’s the person with the gun...