> > "Was it something to do with this establishment, even, or did he choose it because > he > > damn well knew the fucking mall banned firearms on the premises, making for easy > > targets?" > > > > I was thinking the exact same thing, in an instance like this anyone in his near > > proximity could probably have ended the carnage in a second if they were concealed > > owners and had their gun. I did not know about the ban until I read your comment. > > I don't know that specifically about this place. It's a general rule that mall > management across the country bans firearms. They do so to avoid cases where someone > gets shot and they get sued for allowing them. I don't know if anyone has > successfully sued for being shot when they weren't permitted to carry a licensed gun, > though I recall there was at least one case. > > Playing the odds. You've no standing to sue for the absence of legal firearms unless > you've actually been denied entry due to carrying your own.
It's retarded logic... We don't want any gun violence in our establishment, so let's ban those sane law abiding people who have passed extra scrutiny to get a concealed weapon permit from carrying their permitted handguns. We expect the criminally insane wacko to likewise honor our gun ban, and when they don't.... We need to figure out a way to keep even more sane law abiding people from being able to defend themselves, and just hope the criminally insane will THEN start to follow THAT law too.
Same retarded logic after 911... The fourth plane's passengers used a cell phone to realize they were a weapon... Which allowed them to try and take back the plane, saving who knows how many lives from a target that was never hit... So let's ban all cellphone use on commercial airplanes... God forbid THAT act of heroism ever repeat itself.
And yet already here come all the calls for more gun control.
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