Saturday, February 24, 2018
Blood Will Flow in the Streets/Classrooms
Dave Kopel backs up my memory that opponents of shall issue concealed carry permit systems in the 90s were predicting that people receiving a concealed carry permit would start shooting people; it would be the wild west again and blood would flow in the streets.
Never happened. Not only did change in permitting not increase shooting deaths but the upward trend in gun murders peaked in 1993 and began a 20 year near 50% decline.
Now that conservatives are again suggesting arming teachers to help stop senseless and tragic school mass shootings, I'm hearing the exact same thing.
It's still bullshit.
We are not saying that arming teachers will be the magic bullet (pun intended) to stop all school shootings, but it will help.
Lot more effective than banning guns for mere cosmetics or reducing the size of standard magazines (the left must for some reason prefer to have shooters change out spent magazines during their sprees).
I would humbly suggest that the teachers must volunteer for the duty, should provide their own gun and get additional training before they get the green light. Preference should be given to former police and military types.
Seems better than doing nothing at all (or at least nothing effective at all). I'm still waiting for a mass shooting to occur at a gun show.
Labels: Solutions to School Shootings
