D*V 发帖数: 3096 | 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 na |
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