I believe it is high time we do away with “Gun Free Zones” because they tend to be, as mentioned by the president below, dangerous areas! For law-abiding people, the right to protect ourselves is removed. American gun owners are one of the targets of discrimination these days…No Guns Allowed! It reminds me of signs I saw growing up in the south about a certain people group.
Perhaps those who have armed bodyguards should disarm them. Perhaps the secret service could be disarmed and the “Practice what you preach” could be enacted.
Our President made a good observation about “Gun Free Zones” while in Charleston.
The President: For too long, we've been blind to the unique mayhem that gun violence inflicts upon this nation. Sporadically, our eyes are open: When eight of our brothers and sisters are cut down in a church basement, 12 in a movie theater, 26 in an elementary school. But I hope we also see the 30 precious lives cut short by gun violence in this country every single day; the countless more whose lives are forever changed -- the survivors crippled, the children traumatized and fearful every day as they walk to school, the husband who will never feel his wife's warm touch, the entire communities whose grief overflows every time they have to watch what happened to them happen to some other place.
The vast majority of Americans -- the majority of gun owners -- want to do something about this. We see that now. And I'm convinced that by acknowledging the pain and loss of others, even as we respect the traditions and ways of life that make up this beloved country -- by making the moral choice to change, we express God's grace.
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