Repeal Gun-Free School Zones Act

[Dale00]

I like the idea of this legislation - it takes the fight to the anti's. If the media says the legislation is "crazy", then they run the risk of the public getting interested enough to hear both sides of the "Pretend Gun-Free Zone" issue.

Republican congressmen Steve Stockman (R-TX) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) put forth HR 35 and HR 133 which would end the federal law requires areas around schools to be designated as “gun free zones.” Their bills are based in reality with data that demonstrates that violence both in and around schools increased when the federal law took effect in 1990.

“By disarming qualified citizens and officials in schools we have created a dangerous situation for our children,” Stockman said. “In the 22 years before enactment of ‘gun free school zones’ there were two mass school shootings.

“In the 22 years since enactment of ‘gun free schools’ there have been 10 mass school shootings,” he continued. “Not only has the bill utterly failed to protect our children it appears to have placed them in danger.”

Read more: http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/01/t...duced-on-first-day-of-congress/#ixzz2HGI2LFSB

It's kind of an "in your face" response to all the proposed gun bans and gun rights restrictions that might pay off - what do you think?

 

[mugsy]

I don't know if the data really shows a causal link between Gun-Free Zones and school attacks but it can certainly be shown that the GFZs have not done any good. Silly "feel good" laws that actually do nothing useful.

 

[p238shooter]

15 states so far are following something similar to Ohio's Buckeye training http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/ Click on the Teacher training. They are getting serious.

 

[p238shooter]

This might need to be promoted

 

[abajaj11]

I don't know if the data really shows a causal link between Gun-Free Zones and school attacks but it can certainly be shown that the GFZs have not done any good. Silly "feel good" laws that actually do nothing useful.

Is there a causal link between placing armed guards and guarding something that is precious? You bet.
Are children's lives precious? You bet. Don't meed an academic study for something this obvious.Ask David Gregory..the liberal host of Meet The Press...whose daughters go to a small private school in DC with 11 armed guards hired by the school....

 

[ASP785]

Signs have never stopped anyone intent on committing a serious crime. Neither did laws against that crime.

I am fine with allowing firearms, by trained individuals, in schools. I think the general public would rather not. Ignorance is bliss and the sign disallowing weapons makes an honest individual feel "safe."

 

[abajaj11]

Funny video:
http://www.splodetv.com/video/gun-free-zone

 

[mons meg]

FWIW< the original GFSZA was tossed by SCOTUS a few years back, and the "new" one is barely updated from the old one. Glad to see the Legislature trying to fix their own error.

 

[henschman]

Correct mons meg, the current GFSZA has never been reviewed by the Supreme Court. They declared the old one unconstitutional in the mid 90s. Congress made token changes (stating that it only applied to guns that have moved in interstate commerce) and re-passed it. The problem is, the first time it was reviewed, the government made that very same argument about how all guns have moved in interstate commerce, and the Supreme Court's invalidation of that law was based on a decision that that rationale was too remote of a connection to Interstate Commerce. But then they go and make the Raich v. Gonzales decision, where they uphold a law based on an even more tenuous connection to IC (but that was a drug case, and the GOP-appointed justices have had a hard on for the war on drugs since the 60s). There's really no telling what they would do if the GFSZA were to be reviewed again.

I agree with everything said about NICS checks being a precursor to registration. It creates a paper trail... and while it can't be used to create a database under current law, that can all be changed easily. We should be pushing to eliminate background checks on sales from FFL's too. Hell, we should be pushing to eliminate licensure of firearms dealers altogether.