RetNavyCWO wrote:
I don't disagree with the stats, banjo, but I'm not so sure there is a correlation to "gun free zones." I don't think deploying several armed guards at every school is the right answer, either, or even arming teachers. We have seen how lone guards are easily taken out, and teachers cannot be expected to be Rambo. The answer must be in stopping the perpetrators before they ever get there.
I have given stats for the entire country. These are FBI, not something I made up. Speaking personally, in my state there has been a precipitous decline in violent crime since concealed carry became commonplace. This is spite of an increase in population.