altekruge
04-21-2007, 11:14 AM
<p align=justify>"The Crime Control Act of 1990" was not viewed as important anti-crime legislation, but the "unintended consequences" have been tragic. It was the "The Crime Control Act of 1990" that established "gun free school zones." Between the first school shootings and the second, see the list below, 195 years went by without incident. Between the Poe Elementary attack and the Stockton School shootings, the reason for "gun free school zones," another 30 years went by, with five intervening incidents. In the 225 years between and including the Enoch Brown school shootings and the Stockton shootings there were a total of eight incidents.
<p align=justify>Since "gun free school zones" were established seventeen years ago, there have been an additional twenty-three incidents. That is three times as many, in the past 17 years, as in the preceeding 225 years. It is time to do away with "gun free school zones."
<p align=justify>You remember Pres. George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton's friend, right? Well it was he who signed the 1990 Crime Bill into law, establishing "gun free school zones." He told us to "read my lips," but when he mentioned "The New World Order" nobody did and see what we got for our negligence.
<p align=justify><LI>Enoch Brown school massacre - Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States; July 26, 1764</LI><BR>
<LI>Poe Elementary School Attack - Houston, Texas, United States; September 15, 1959</LI><BR>
<LI>University of Texas at Austin massacre - Austin, Texas, United States; August 1, 1966</LI><BR>
<LI>Jackson State killings - Jackson, Mississippi, United States; May 14-15, 1970</LI><BR>
<LI>California State University, Fullerton Library Massacre - Fullerton, California, United States; July 12, 1976</LI><BR>
<LI>Parkway South Junior High School shooting - Saint Louis, Missouri, <LI>United States; January 20, 1983</LI><BR>
<LI>Laurie Dann - Hubbards Woods Elementary School; Winnetka, Illinois, United States; May 20, 1988</LI><BR>
<LI><font color="#cc0000"><B>Stockton massacre - Stockton, California, United States; January 17, 1989</B></font></LI><BR>
<LI>University of Iowa shooting - Iowa City, Iowa, United States; November 1, 1991</LI><BR>
<LI>Simon's Rock College of Bard shooting - Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States; December 14, 1992</LI><BR>
<LI>Richland High School shooting - Lynnville, Tennessee, United States; November 15, 1995</LI><BR>
<LI>Frontier Junior High shooting - Moses Lake, Washington, United States; February 2, 1996</LI><BR>
<LI>Pearl High School shooting, Pearl, Mississippi, United States; October 1, 1997<BR>
<LI>Heath High School shooting, West Paducah, Kentucky, United States; December 1, 1997</LI><BR>
<LI>Jonesboro massacre - Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States; March 24, 1998</LI><BR>
<LI>Thurston High School shooting - Springfield, Oregon, United States; May 21, 1998</LI><BR>
<LI>Columbine High School massacre - Littleton, Colorado, United States; April 20, 1999</LI><BR>
<LI>W. R. Myers High School shooting - Taber, Alberta, Canada; April 28, 1999</LI><BR>
<LI>Heritage High School shooting - Conyers, Georgia, United States; May 20, 1999</LI><BR>
<LI>Santana High School - Santee, California, United States; March 5, 2001<BR>
<LI>Appalachian School of Law shooting - Grundy, Virginia, United States; January 16, 2002</LI><BR>
<LI>Rocori High School shootings - Cold Spring, Minnesota, United States; September 24, 2003</LI><BR>
<LI>Southwood Middle School tragedy, Miami, Florida; February 3, 2004</LI><BR>
<LI>Red Lake High School massacre - Red Lake, Minnesota, United States; March 21, 2005</LI><BR>
<LI>Campbell County High School - Jacksboro, Tennessee: November 8, 2005</LI><BR>
<LI>Platte Canyon High School shooting - Bailey, Colorado, United States; September 27, 2006</LI><BR>
<LI>Amish school shooting - Nickel Mines, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States; October 2, 2006<BR>
<LI>Weston High School shooting, Cazenovia, Wisconsin September 29, 2006</LI><BR>
<LI>Henry Foss High School - Tacoma, Washington, United States January 3, 2007</LI><BR>
<LI>Virginia Tech massacre - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States; April 16, 2007</LI>
<p align=justify>I didn't include the Kent State shootings because that was a completely different set of circumstances. While a tragedy, it doesn't qualify for this list.
<p align=justify>In the U.S., forty states now have concealed carry laws on the books. In a comperhensive study of all public, multiple shooting incidents in America between 1977 and 1999, John Lott and Bill Landes found that concealed carry laws were the only laws that had any beneficial effect. Think about that! And the effect was significant. States with concealed carry laws on the books, reduced multiple shooting attacks by 60% and reduced death and injury from these attacks by 80%.
<p align=justify>Since "gun free school zones" were established seventeen years ago, there have been an additional twenty-three incidents. That is three times as many, in the past 17 years, as in the preceeding 225 years. It is time to do away with "gun free school zones."
<p align=justify>You remember Pres. George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton's friend, right? Well it was he who signed the 1990 Crime Bill into law, establishing "gun free school zones." He told us to "read my lips," but when he mentioned "The New World Order" nobody did and see what we got for our negligence.
<p align=justify><LI>Enoch Brown school massacre - Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States; July 26, 1764</LI><BR>
<LI>Poe Elementary School Attack - Houston, Texas, United States; September 15, 1959</LI><BR>
<LI>University of Texas at Austin massacre - Austin, Texas, United States; August 1, 1966</LI><BR>
<LI>Jackson State killings - Jackson, Mississippi, United States; May 14-15, 1970</LI><BR>
<LI>California State University, Fullerton Library Massacre - Fullerton, California, United States; July 12, 1976</LI><BR>
<LI>Parkway South Junior High School shooting - Saint Louis, Missouri, <LI>United States; January 20, 1983</LI><BR>
<LI>Laurie Dann - Hubbards Woods Elementary School; Winnetka, Illinois, United States; May 20, 1988</LI><BR>
<LI><font color="#cc0000"><B>Stockton massacre - Stockton, California, United States; January 17, 1989</B></font></LI><BR>
<LI>University of Iowa shooting - Iowa City, Iowa, United States; November 1, 1991</LI><BR>
<LI>Simon's Rock College of Bard shooting - Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States; December 14, 1992</LI><BR>
<LI>Richland High School shooting - Lynnville, Tennessee, United States; November 15, 1995</LI><BR>
<LI>Frontier Junior High shooting - Moses Lake, Washington, United States; February 2, 1996</LI><BR>
<LI>Pearl High School shooting, Pearl, Mississippi, United States; October 1, 1997<BR>
<LI>Heath High School shooting, West Paducah, Kentucky, United States; December 1, 1997</LI><BR>
<LI>Jonesboro massacre - Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States; March 24, 1998</LI><BR>
<LI>Thurston High School shooting - Springfield, Oregon, United States; May 21, 1998</LI><BR>
<LI>Columbine High School massacre - Littleton, Colorado, United States; April 20, 1999</LI><BR>
<LI>W. R. Myers High School shooting - Taber, Alberta, Canada; April 28, 1999</LI><BR>
<LI>Heritage High School shooting - Conyers, Georgia, United States; May 20, 1999</LI><BR>
<LI>Santana High School - Santee, California, United States; March 5, 2001<BR>
<LI>Appalachian School of Law shooting - Grundy, Virginia, United States; January 16, 2002</LI><BR>
<LI>Rocori High School shootings - Cold Spring, Minnesota, United States; September 24, 2003</LI><BR>
<LI>Southwood Middle School tragedy, Miami, Florida; February 3, 2004</LI><BR>
<LI>Red Lake High School massacre - Red Lake, Minnesota, United States; March 21, 2005</LI><BR>
<LI>Campbell County High School - Jacksboro, Tennessee: November 8, 2005</LI><BR>
<LI>Platte Canyon High School shooting - Bailey, Colorado, United States; September 27, 2006</LI><BR>
<LI>Amish school shooting - Nickel Mines, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States; October 2, 2006<BR>
<LI>Weston High School shooting, Cazenovia, Wisconsin September 29, 2006</LI><BR>
<LI>Henry Foss High School - Tacoma, Washington, United States January 3, 2007</LI><BR>
<LI>Virginia Tech massacre - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States; April 16, 2007</LI>
<p align=justify>I didn't include the Kent State shootings because that was a completely different set of circumstances. While a tragedy, it doesn't qualify for this list.
<p align=justify>In the U.S., forty states now have concealed carry laws on the books. In a comperhensive study of all public, multiple shooting incidents in America between 1977 and 1999, John Lott and Bill Landes found that concealed carry laws were the only laws that had any beneficial effect. Think about that! And the effect was significant. States with concealed carry laws on the books, reduced multiple shooting attacks by 60% and reduced death and injury from these attacks by 80%.