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Originally Posted by Kenswing
You need to break it down even further. He was also referring to no carry/gun free zones. Not just states with strict or lax gun requirements.
How many of these shootings took place where you're not allowed to carry a gun even if the state has more permissive gun laws?
Mass shooters know schools are easy targets because they are gun free zones.
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It is against FEDERAL law to allow firearms within 1000 feet of a school. So it doesn't matter which state you're in, or which school district you're in. It's illegal, regardless.
However, most mass shootings in the last 2.5 years didn't occur at schools.
Gun-free isn't a legal term and is defined differently by different data-collectors. A sports arena where civilians aren't allowed to bring their weapons, but there are armed guards and police present - is that "gun-free?" Or is it "gun-restricted?" Some say it's semantics. But it's the semantics that people are basing their statistics on.
Also fyi "mass shooting" is also defined differently by different data collectors.
It's easy to believe internet memes and soundbites and tweets by pro- or anti- anything. But when you delve into the actual official documents of the subjects that interest you, you come up with a lot of facts that are not being included in your meme-of-the-day.