Friday, November 6, 2009

Lie #21: "...the fallacy that mass shooters will avoid venues where people are likely to be armed."

From the VPC via Gun Grabbers:

This shooting also demonstrates the fallacy that mass shooters will avoid venues where people are likely to be armed or that mass shooters can be stopped easily by armed individuals.


Perhaps Scott Vogel watches too many action movies or plays too much Grand Theft Auto, but in real life, soldiers don't walk around military bases armed. Military bases are just like any other large, federal institution. They are "Gun Free" Zones. Very big "Gun Free" Zones, where people are told to disarm before entering. Using my nearest military base as an example:

  • Unauthorized possession/transportation of firearms, dangerous weapons or fireworks/explosives onto military installations is a federal crime.
  • Concealed carry of firearms under the Oklahoma Self Defense Act is strictly prohibited while on the installation.


So try again, Scott Vogel. A shooting at a military base does not "demonstrate the fallacy that mass shooters will avoid venues where people are likely to be armed or that mass shooters can be stopped easily by armed individuals." If anything, it demonstrates the fallacy of the "Gun Free" Zone.

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