h*********n
发帖数: 11319 | 1 在1994年之前，经过作者调研，全美没有发生过知名的校园大屠杀案件（一次死亡3人
以上）
1994年Gun Free Schools Act 通过，同时联邦政府迫使各州也通过了类似法律之后，
在全国范围内，任何公立中小学内携枪都属于federal felony, 同时校园屠杀案却如雨
后春笋一
般不断增加。从94年至今至今已发生14起，每两年一起。
不过就是在这个法案通过后，仍然有红州教职员工违法带枪到学校，制止屠杀的案例。
在此我要向这些教职员工致敬。
这些案例包括
1. In Pearl, Mississippi in 1997, 16-year-old Luke Woodham stabbed and
bludgeoned to death his mother at home, then killed two students and
injured seven at his high school. As he was on his way to another school
building , he was stopped by Assistant Principal Joel Myrick, who had
gone out to get a handgun from his car. Having that gun was illegal,
but it saved lives.
2. In Edinboro, Pennsylvania in 1996, 14-year-old Andrew Wurst shot and
killed a teacher at a school dance, and shot and injured several other
students. He had just left the dance hall, carrying his gun when he was
confronted by the dance hall owner James Strand, who lived next door and
kept a shotgun at home.
3. In Winnemucca, Nevada in 2008, Ernesto Villagomez killed two people
and wounded two others in a bar filled with three hundred people. He was
then shot and killed by a patron who was carrying a gun (and had a
concealed carry license).
4. In Colorado Springs in 2007, Matthew Murray killed four people at a
church. He was then shot several times by Jeanne Assam, a church member,
volunteer security guard, and former police officer (she had been
dismissed by a police department 10 years before, and to my knowledge
hadn’t worked as a police officer since).
So, I do want some legislative action. I want “gun free zones”
abolished, at least for legally armed citizens with government issued
licenses to carry. This is real “common sense” gun legislation.
原文如下
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Reposted from Tom Givens:
In the wake of the tragic, horrific slaughter of innocent school
children in Connecticut, there has been a renewed cry for more gun
control laws. This stems from the natural need to “do something” when a
tragedy of this proportion occurs. I agree we need to do something, but
the “something” I want is a bit different.
The “Gun Free Schools Act of 1994” made it a federal crime to possess a
firearm on any
school property. Many states enacted similar legislation at the state
level, as the
federal act required them to do so or lose certain federal funding.
Thus, it has been a
crime to go onto school property anywhere in the US while in possession
of a gun for the
past 28 years. Has that helped?
Well, I did some research and I cannot find a single mass school
shooting in the US prior to 1994, when this bill was passed. For the
purposes of this discussion, I will define a
“mass school shooting” as one in which three or more people were killed.
I have found 14
such incidents in the United States between 1997 and the Newtown, CT,
incident of
yesterday. That is an average of one incident every two years. ALL OF
THESE OCCURRED AFTER THE ENACTMENT OF THE GUN FREE SCHOOLS ACT OF 1994!
Let me emphasize that—every mass school shooting in the US occurred
AFTER it became illegal to possess a gun on school grounds. Why?
The answer should be obvious. By making schools a “gun free zone”, you
automatically disarm all law abiding citizens at those locations. This
is tantamount to placing a sign on the front of the building inviting
criminals and mentally deranged persons to come
shoot up the place. “Come on in. We’re all unarmed, by law. We won’t
interfere with your mayhem.” Disgusting…..
I, for instance, have a state issued handgun carry permit. I am
certified by the NRA as a
Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor and I have been certified by the FBI
as a police
firearms instructor. I am certified by two states to train and certify
new firearms
instructors for those states. I have held a law enforcement officer
commission. I travel
all over the US teaching defensive firearms use. Yet, by law, I would
commit a felony by stepping onto school grounds while wearing my
sidearm. Despite this, someone who, for whatever reason, wants to shoot
up a school can walk right in. If he is willing to murder six year olds
in cold blood, he certainly won’t be deterred by a law against bringing
a gun onto the campus. Duh….. To think otherwise is so naïve as to be
a
form of mental illness.
I think it is truly ironic that in the first mass school shooting I
could find, occurring in 1997, the mayhem was stopped when the Assistant
Principal got a handgun from his car and confronted the gunman, who
surrendered to him. Thank God the Assistant Principal had an ILLEGAL gun
that day.
A couple of weeks ago, there was an attempted mass shooting at a mall in
Oregon. The
demented shooter had a high capacity semiautomatic rifle, but he only
managed to kill two
people and wound one other before killing himself. Why was the body
count so low, given
that this was obviously a copy-cat version of the Aurora, CO, shootings?
The answer is
simple. Because Nick Meli, age 22, was at the mall there with his wife
and child. Nick
has a concealed carry permit and was wearing a handgun concealed on his
person. When the suspect began shooting, Nick drew his gun and verbally
challenged the gunman. Meli held his fire because of innocent people in
the background (excellent judgment under stress), but his actions caused
the gunman to break off the attack, run into a nearby service corridor
and kill himself, ending the spree. Of course, the lamestream media will
not tell you about Nick. They would prefer a higher body count rather
than tell you a legally armed citizen saved the day. Here are a few
other instances that two minutes of internet research brought to light.
In each case, a legally armed private citizen saved lives by being there
and by being armed.
1. In Pearl, Mississippi in 1997, 16-year-old Luke Woodham stabbed and
bludgeoned to
death his mother at home, then killed two students and injured seven at
his high school.
As he was on his way to another school building , he was stopped by
Assistant Principal
Joel Myrick, who had gone out to get a handgun from his car. Having that
gun was illegal,
but it saved lives.
2. In Edinboro, Pennsylvania in 1996, 14-year-old Andrew Wurst shot and
killed a teacher
at a school dance, and shot and injured several other students. He had
just left the
dance hall, carrying his gun when he was confronted by the dance hall
owner James Strand, who lived next door and kept a shotgun at home.
3. In Winnemucca, Nevada in 2008, Ernesto Villagomez killed two people
and wounded two others in a bar filled with three hundred people. He was
then shot and killed by a patron who was carrying a gun (and had a
concealed carry license).
4. In Colorado Springs in 2007, Matthew Murray killed four people at a
church. He was
then shot several times by Jeanne Assam, a church member, volunteer
security guard, and former police officer (she had been dismissed by a
police department 10 years before, and to my knowledge hadn’t worked as
a police officer since).
So, I do want some legislative action. I want “gun free zones”
abolished, at least for legally armed citizens with government issued
licenses to carry. This is real “common sense” gun legislation. | c****3
发帖数: 6038 | | C***x
发帖数: 223 | 3 不表明立场，也无意辩论，看了第一句话就可以直接打脸了：
Charles Whitman, Univ Texas at Austin shooting, 1966, 14 killed
【在 h*********n 的大作中提到】
: 在1994年之前，经过作者调研，全美没有发生过知名的校园大屠杀案件（一次死亡3人
: 以上）
: 1994年Gun Free Schools Act 通过，同时联邦政府迫使各州也通过了类似法律之后，
: 在全国范围内，任何公立中小学内携枪都属于federal felony, 同时校园屠杀案却如雨
: 后春笋一
: 般不断增加。从94年至今至今已发生14起，每两年一起。
: 不过就是在这个法案通过后，仍然有红州教职员工违法带枪到学校，制止屠杀的案例。
: 在此我要向这些教职员工致敬。
: 这些案例包括
: 1. In Pearl, Mississippi in 1997, 16-year-old Luke Woodham stabbed and
| b****y
发帖数: 1010 | 4 hehe.
【在 C***x 的大作中提到】
: 不表明立场，也无意辩论，看了第一句话就可以直接打脸了：
: Charles Whitman, Univ Texas at Austin shooting, 1966, 14 killed
| h*********n
发帖数: 11319 | 5 多谢提醒，看来原作者和我的功课都没有做到位
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shootings_in_the_United_Sta
94年后的校园屠杀事件仍然比之前要多得多。
【在 C***x 的大作中提到】
: 不表明立场，也无意辩论，看了第一句话就可以直接打脸了：
: Charles Whitman, Univ Texas at Austin shooting, 1966, 14 killed
| C***x
发帖数: 223 | 6 这个不是功课没有做到位的问题，是明显缺乏School shooting这个topic的基本背景知
识，相当于没听说过牛顿然后非要和人家讨论力学。Charles Whitman案是最著名的校园
枪击案之一，打死14-16人（取决于他在家杀的两个算不算校园案的一部分），伤三十多
个，而且是少有的没有自杀而是敢于和警察长时间枪战到最后的。
【在 h*********n 的大作中提到】
: 多谢提醒，看来原作者和我的功课都没有做到位
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shootings_in_the_United_Sta
: 94年后的校园屠杀事件仍然比之前要多得多。
| b****y
发帖数: 1010 | 7 能不能跟拥枪比例对比一下？
【在 h*********n 的大作中提到】
: 多谢提醒，看来原作者和我的功课都没有做到位
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shootings_in_the_United_Sta
: 94年后的校园屠杀事件仍然比之前要多得多。
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