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hschulein

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Sun Jun 21, 2015, 08:54 PM Jun 2015

Mike Malloy - Gun Lobby Blames Charleston Mass Shooting on "Gun-Free Zones"



In the aftermath of the massacre at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, gun rights activists and their allies in the conservative media are once again blaming "gun-free zones," arguing that an armed citizen could have otherwise been at the church to stop the attack. As Mother Jones has previously reported, there has never been any evidence that mass shooters picked their targets based on gun regulations; to the contrary, data from scores of cases shows perpetrators had other specific motivations for where they attacked, including racial hatred, as is strongly suspected to be the case in Charleston. The idea that armed citizens stop crimes in the United States has also been wildly exaggerated by the gun lobby, as a new study reaffirms.

Full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/06/gun-free-zones-charleston-shooting-defensive-gun-use-myth

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Mike Malloy - Gun Lobby Blames Charleston Mass Shooting on "Gun-Free Zones" (Original Post) hschulein Jun 2015 OP
so sick of hearing what cowards think Skittles Jun 2015 #1
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