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toppy writes:

in response to donger:

By that logic there's no point in making schools gun-free zones, either, since criminals obviously don't have a problem bringing guns into a school.

The purpose of a gun-free zone is to avoid accidents, like this one, in crowded places, like the mall. Making the mall gun-free would indeed have prevented this very incident, since the person who caused it is otherwise law-abiding (assuming they weren't deliberately hiding in B&N after the fact, of course).

What makes you think he would have known, or cared that the mall was a gun-free zone? If you think that CPL holders obey all "gun-free" zones, even the ones they know about, then I have some people to introduce you to that frequent the bar while carrying.

I'm not arguing the merits of making the mall a gun-free zone, and if it would reduce the likelihood of such an incident. I'm just highlighting the lie you made claiming it would have "indeed prevented this very incident."

And before you claim I'm trying to deflect from the real topic at hand, let me preemptively shoot (pun intended) that idea down. How is one supposed to hold a rational debate with someone that, in my opinion, willfully injects falsehoods into his/her arguments?
