62 Mass Shootings Since 1982, How Many in soft GUN FREE ZONES?
OP still manifesting, don't mind the dust... actually... I have to put this down for now; one of those topics you can only research for so long; I need to be able to sleep.
if you don't mind helping, I'm looking to cite (hyperlink) policy or law in each circumstance that required the victims to be unarmed.
In the mean time watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ggg0...eature=related
or make sense of what I have going:
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...and how many on prozac? ;)
http://kmojfm.com/mental-health-pros...n-and-violence
Quote:
They want to kill people like fish in a barrel. And I can't begin to tell you how frustrating it is to be one of those fish.
Mother Jones is listing 62 "mass murders" and pushing for gun control. I'd like to flip their push on end by demonstrating that "gun free zones" created soft targets which led to the mass murders:
Here is a timeline of 62 mass murders in the United States between 1982 and 2012
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/...ngs-map?page=2
A Guide to Mass Shootings in America
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/...-shootings-map
What Exactly Is a Mass Shooting, Anyway?
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012...-mass-shooting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-Fre...es_Act_of_1990
Quote:
GFSZA:The Gun Free School Zones Act states:
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(A) It shall be unlawful for any individual knowingly to possess a firearm that has moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone.
Welding shop shooting: Miami, Florida
Aug. 20, 1982
Dallas nightclub shooting: Dallas, Texas
June 29, 1984
San Ysidro McDonald's massacre: San Ysidro, California
July 18, 1984
United States Postal Service shooting: Edmond, Oklahoma
Aug. 20, 1986 ,SOFT TARGET 18 USC 930 and 39 CFR 232.1.
Shopping centers spree killings: Palm Bay, Florida
Apr. 23, 1987
ESL shooting: Sunnyvale, California
Feb. 16, 1988
Stockton schoolyard shooting: Stockton, California
Jan. 17, 1989
Standard Gravure shooting: Louisville, Kentucky
Sep. 14, 1989
*involved prozac... hmmm...*
GMAC massacre: Jacksonville, Florida
June 18, 1990
Luby's massacre: Killeen, Texas
Oct. 16, 1991 SOFT TARTET Gun Free Zone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ggg0...eature=related
University of Iowa shooting: Iowa City, Iowa
Nov. 1, 1991 SOFT TARGET School Zone Post GFSZA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-Fre...es_Act_of_1990
Royal Oak postal shootings: Royal Oak, Michigan
Nov. 14, 1991 SOFT TARGET 18 USC 930 and 39 CFR 232.1.
Lindhurst High School shooting: Olivehurst, California
May 1, 1992SOFT TARGET School Zone Post GFSZA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-Fre...es_Act_of_1990
Watkins Glen killings: Watkins Glen, New York
Oct. 15, 1992
101 California Street shootings: San Francisco, CA
July 1, 1993
Luigi's shooting: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Aug. 6, 1993
Long Island Rail Road massacre: Garden City, New York
Dec. 7, 1993
Chuck E. Cheese's killings: Aurora, Colorado
Dec. 14, 1993
Air Force base shooting: Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington
June 20, 1994
Walter Rossler Company massacre: Corpus Christi, Texas
Apr. 3, 1995
Fort Lauderdale revenge shooting: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Feb. 9, 1996
R.E. Phelon Company shooting: Aiken, South Carolina
Sep. 15, 1997
Caltrans maintenance yard shooting: Orange, California
Dec. 18, 1997
Connecticut Lottery shooting: Newington, Connecticut
Mar. 6, 1998
Thurston High School shooting: Springfield, Oregon
May 21, 1998 SOFT TARGET School Zone Post GFSZA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-Fre...es_Act_of_1990
Westside Middle School killings: Jonesboro, Arkansas
Mar. 24, 1998 SOFT TARGET School Zone Post GFSZA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-Fre...es_Act_of_1990
Columbine High School massacre: Littleton, Colorado
Apr. 20, 1999 SOFT TARGET School Zone Post GFSZA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-Fre...es_Act_of_1990
Atlanta day trading spree killings: Atlanta, Georgia
July 29, 1999
Wedgwood Baptist Church shooting: Fort Worth, Texas
Sep. 15, 1999
Xerox killings: Honolulu, Hawaii
Nov. 2, 1999
SOFT TARGET: "Xerox Corporation Refuses to Face the Results of their Anti-Firearms Policies"
http://www.keepandbeararms.com/infor...tem.asp?ID=859
Hotel shooting: Tampa, Florida
Dec. 30, 1999
Wakefield massacre: Wakefield, Massachusetts
Dec. 26, 2000
Navistar shooting: Melrose Park, Illinois
Feb. 5, 2001
Lockheed Martin shooting: Meridian, Mississippi
July 8, 2003
Damageplan show shooting: Columbus, Ohio
Dec. 8, 2004
Living Church of God shooting: Brookfield, Wisconsin
Mar. 12, 2005
Red Lake massacre: Red Lake, Minnesota
Mar. 21, 2005
Goleta postal shootings: Goleta, California
Jan. 30, 2006 SOFT TARGET 18 USC 930 and 39 CFR 232.1.
Capitol Hill massacre: Capitol Hill, Washington
Mar. 25, 2006
Amish school shooting: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Oct. 2, 2006 SOFT TARGET School Zone Post GFSZA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-Fre...es_Act_of_1990
Trolley Square shooting: Salt Lake City, Utah
Feb. 12, 2007
Virginia Tech massacre: Blacksburg, Virginia
Apr. 16, 2007 SOFT TARGET School Zone Post GFSZA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-Fre...es_Act_of_1990
Crandon shooting: Crandon, Wisconsin
Oct. 7, 2007
Westroads Mall shooting: Omaha, Nebraska
Dec. 5, 2007
Kirkwood City Council shooting: Kirkwood, Missouri
Feb. 7, 2008
Northern Illinois University shooting: DeKalb, Illinois
Feb. 14, 2008 SOFT TARGET School Zone Post GFSZA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-Fre...es_Act_of_1990
Atlantis Plastics shooting: Henderson, Kentucky
June 25, 2008
Carthage nursing home shooting: Carthage, North Carolina
Mar. 29, 2009
Binghamton shootings: Binghamton, New York
Apr. 3, 2009
Fort Hood massacre: Fort Hood, Texas
Nov. 5, 2009 SOFT TARGET “Military posts are a soft target because all the military are unarmed”
Coffee shop police killings: Parkland, Washington
Nov. 29, 2009
Hartford Beer Distributor shooting: Manchester, Connecticut
Aug. 3, 2010
Tucson shooting: Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 8, 2011
IHOP shooting: Carson City, Nevada
Sep. 6, 2011
Seal Beach shooting: Seal Beach, California
Oct. 14, 2011
Su Jung Health Sauna shooting
Feb. 22, 2012
Oikos University killings: Oakland, California
Apr. 2, 2012 SOFT TARGET School Zone Post GFSZA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-Fre...es_Act_of_1990
Seattle cafe shooting: Seattle, Washington
May 20, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: Aurora, Colorado
July 20, 2012 SOFT TARGET Cinemark Theaters’ No Firearms Policy
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/201...earms-allowed/
Sikh temple shooting: Oak Creek, Wisconsin
Aug. 5, 2012
Accent Signage Systems shooting
Sep. 27, 2012
Connecticut elementary school shooting
Dec. 14, 2012 SOFT TARGET School Zone Post GFSZA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-Fre...es_Act_of_1990