When are people going to wake up to the fact that "gun free zones" are "free kill zones"?
It's interesting that because he was ankle carrying, when he reached for his gun, it tipped off his intended victim, who was able to wrestle him down and prevent more damage than was actually caused. Other people responded correctly by holding him down. Ankle carry made it possible, and that's why it's a bad idea for primary carry.
We don't know what his intentions were. The bystanders who opted to shed their sheep's clothing and take action may have prevented another mass shooting in a public gathering place. But the mayor seems to be of the opinion that city property should remain a free kill zone.
This fellow will lose his permit and his guns and his freedom, and he should. But he should be the one who pays, not the rest of Seattle's permit holders.
Washington, D.C., Chicago, IL, and Seattle, WA are all free kill zones. There are many others across America. Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City is still a free kill zone. The blood has been mopped up and cleaned away, the bullet holes patched up and painted over. The broken glass has been replaced. The dead have been mourned and buried. The wounded have recovered, or are recovering, or may never recover. Much effort has gone into repairing the damage and presenting the facade that nothing has changed at Trolley Square. And nothing has. It's still a free kill zone.
People are still going to kill other people. They don't need guns to do it. Taking all the guns away, like they did in Japan, is not going to prevent people from killing other people. Look at the case of the wacko who drove a 2 ton truck into a pedestrian zone because he knew no one else would be armed with an automobile. He ran over more than a dozen people, then leapt from the vehicle and retraced his path, finishing off his victims with a knife. Horrified onlookers, like sheep, looked on in bewilderment and terror, apparently expecting or hoping that a sheepdog would come along and vanquish this big bad wolf who had suddenly appeared in their midst.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray.
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