[Shimpy]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

So another shooting in a GUN FREE ZONE and their will be more calls for more gun laws.

Every time I have to go to the Orlando airport to pick someone up or drop the off, being the responsible, law abiding citizen that I am,I always lock my gun in my car. Then I walk by that stupid sign that tells everyone that good law abiding people don't have guns in here. I feel completely defenseless knowing that criminals who intend to do harm to others will not do like me and obey the law.

As Rango says, when seconds count, the police are only minutes away.

I feel that if the government is going to take away my ability and my right to defend myself, then they should provide protection for me. In an area like an airport terminal, I believe that would mean a trained arm guard about every fifty yards. This would do two things. It would minimize these events as some of the shooters would not want to get shot and number two, it would minimize the damage that a shooter might do as an trained arm guard should be able to take him out before he shoots too many people. As that would be very costly, another solution might be to allow responsible, law abiding, gun owners with carry permits to take their guns in there like they do almost every where else. That would have about the same effect as armed guards and would cost nothing.

Yesterday, this guy went through two magazines hitting thirteen people before police arrived. When they did arrive, he was out of ammo and sitting on the floor waiting for them.

I have the utmost respect for our police but the sad fact is that in most cases, they arrive after a crime has been committed and usually file a report. In this case since the perpetrator was still there they arrested him. In other words, the police do very little to actually protect us. It is not their fault, they simply cannot be everywhere. In gun free zones, the government is taking away our ability to protect ourselves and does nothing to protect us.

The only ones that don't have guns in a gun free zone are the responsible, law abiding, gun owning citizens. The ones that have a chance to protect themselves and possibly others around them.