It’s happened again.  Another mass shooting.  In a setting eerily similar to several other which come to mind, such as the one at the Washington Naval Yard in 2013 or the one in San Bernardino in 2015.  In one case a disgruntled former employee, in the other a couple of Muslim terrorists, decided they would kill a bunch of their former fellow employees, and in the safest place they could find to do so.  A so-called “Gun Free Zone”.  It will not take long for the anti-Second Amendment groups to begin howling for more gun regulations, but not one of them will acknowledge  the simple truth that indeed, instead of making people safer, gun free zones simply put honest people at greater risk.

If a law was passed tomorrow which demanded that all Americans immediately surrender all their firearms to Federal authorities to be destroyed, as was done in Australia a few years back,  there would still be millions of guns still out there on the streets of our nation.  Most law abiding citizens would comply.  Some, fearing for their own safety and that of their families would not.  So they would instantly become criminals in the eyes of the government and join the ranks of real criminals, crazies and terrorists, who of course don’t obey the rule of law anyway.

If we can just drop the wool which has been pulled over our eyes by people who feel that the government can and will always protect them, and use just a tiny bit of common sense, we will realize that the responsibility for our personal safety rests solely with us.  In the event of a violent crime, law enforcement will indeed arrive.  Eventually.  However until that happens the people in the “Gun Free Zone” are just sheep, waiting to be slaughtered by the shooter, who doesn’t give a damn about the concept which has been forced on an unwitting public.  They just view it as a “Free Fire Zone” until the authorities arrive, at which time they can surrender, having gained the notoriety they craved, commit suicide, or go down in a blaze of glory under a hail of police bullets.

Until we abandon the false concept of an enforceable “Gun Free Zone” and realize we have the RIGHT under the second amendment to defend ourselves, these mass shooting will continue.  My advice to all is to avoid these areas at all costs.  Obtain a concealed carry permit and make use of it at all times where it is permitted.  Finally, stay away from all of the potential death zones created by the “Gun Free Zone” laws wherever and whenever possible.  They are truly The Most Dangerous Places in America.