Another Gun-Free Zone Experiences a Shooting Tragedy
27th August 2018
America experienced another tragedy over the weekend — this time in Jacksonville, Florida — and like the overwhelming majority of mass public shootings, Sunday’s incident also occurred in a gun-free zone.
Two bystanders were killed after a gunman opened fired at a Madden 19 Tournament at Jacksonville Landing, an open-air retail center with stores, bars and restaurants. Jacksonville Landing prohibits the possession of any type of firearm, regardless of whether it is carried legally or not (except for by law enforcement), making it a gun-free zone.
“Possession of a weapon, even if legally carried (except by law enforcement officers) is absolutely prohibited on Landing property,” according to the Jacksonville Landing website.
Yeah, I guess that worked out really well for them, didn’t it? If I didn’t have anything better to do I’d make up a bunch of signs that said CRAZY MASS SHOOTERS, GET YOUR VICTIMS HERE! and plant them in front of any establishment advertising itself as a ‘gun free zone’. Maybe they’d get the message.
I’m waiting for somebody wounded at a mass shooting at a ‘gun free zone’ to sue the establishment. That would be entertaining.