The Westfield Southcenter Mall, located in the Seattle suburb of Tukwila, is supposed to be a gun-free zone, but May 1 found it to be the scene of a shooting in which two men, ages 27 and 32, were reportedly wounded and the shooter remained at large. The mall was also the scene of a […]
SAF Exec Affirmed: Gun-Free Garlic Festival a ‘Shooting Gallery’
UPDATED 7/29 11:10: Less than two weeks before Sunday’s mass shooting incident at the Gilroy, California Garlic Festival, the chief executive at one of the nation’s largest and most legally-active Second Amendment groups called for an end to so-called “gun-free zones”—which the festival grounds were—because they are “shooting galleries for maniacs.” According to the Los […]
Second Amendment Foundation Calls for End of ‘Gun-Free Zones’
The Second Amendment Foundation has launched an ambitious effort to end so-called “gun-free zones.” Citing their “false sense of security,” the Second Amendment Foundation has launched an ambitious effort to end so-called “gun-free zones” with an advertising campaign for print and online publications. “For more than two decades,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President […]
Carlson at Crosscut: Why Arming Teachers Might Be Good Idea
Veteran conservative Seattle radio personality John Carlson could just as easily have kicked a hornet’s nest when he wrote in his column at the left-leaning “Crosscut” online news magazine that arming school officials “might not be a bad idea.” According to several reader responses, it’s not a good idea, either. But those are reactions from […]
Colorado School Shooting: Another ‘Gun-Free Zone’ Failure?
One student is dead and either others were reportedly injured in a school shooting incident in Highlands Ranch, Colo., and while some people are already clamoring for more gun control, some activists on social media are calling this another failure of the “gun-free” zone concept. According to the Denver Post, the school has […]
One Year After Parkland Tragedy, Let’s Converse About Guns
Buried in the online Wikipedia account of the circumstances surrounding the tragic school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., is a notation that at the time, Broward County Schools Supt. Rob Runcie stated that “now is the time to have a real conversation about gun control legislation.” The website Fastcompany.com has […]
