A diner at Sir Edmond Halley's a pub in Charlotte, N.C., thanks the owner for hanging a "no guns allowed" sign.
All I can say is good luck with this.
Let's see:
- Columbine - school, gun-free zone.
- Aurora CO theatre - no firearms allowed policy.
- Sandy Hook elementary, Newtown, CT - gun-free zone.
- DC Navy Yard - no guns allowed.
What is the magic process whereby declaring your area a "No Guns Allowed" zone will prevent gun crime? Now think rationally and respond honestly; if a person is willing to kill - to violate the most sacred of laws - then how is a sign that says "No guns Allowed" going to stop them. Seriously, is a person intent on killing in that store/theatre/school today going to walk up to the door and say "Damn, I was going to kill people here, but my gun is not allowed"?
When will this foolishness end?
The person who will see that sign and either A) leave their firearm outside or B)(and this is the better option) just not come in and do business, is not the person we need fear. How many times must it be said; those are the people who abide by the law - by definition, they are not going to commit murder in that store/theatre,/school today.
What is abundantly clear, given the list above, is that those who desire an unimpeded path to a large body count of defenseless victims and the posthumous infamy it ensures find their best hunting ground in places that law-abiding citizens cannot carry. The fact that we leave our children, who have not choice, in such a state is unconscionable.
Police cannot prevent such events, they can merely hang crime scene tape and draw chalk outlines. It is not their job to be everywhere and prevent such events - that is our job. And the killers have no intention of surviving such events. These cowards will take their own lives as soon as they meet resistance - they are not afraid of their own death, but not there for a shoot out, not likely even trained to engage in one. Hence, one armed law-abiding citizen who produces a weapon - even if they do not fire it - is likely to end such tragedies. But, if need be, they can hasten the shooter's journey ti hell.
Need some evidence - see here among many other places.
If laws and signs could stop such people and such behavior, then crime prevention would mean simply putting up signs that forbade robbery, rape, mugging, shoplifting, domestic violence, and so on. Simply having a law would mean bad behavior did not happen. Speed limit signs would be their own enforcement. If such fantasy works for you, then I hope you find solace in your faith in magic and willingness to be helpless when things go wrong, when your idealism proves futile, to leave your survival to others. But that is your choice and you should not force it upon the rest of us.
Oh - and in many states, such a sign has no meaning in relation to stores or restaurants. While you can ask me to leave your place of business if you discover I am carrying (which you won't unless I have to use my pistol to save you and the other sheep in your store), I will not be breaking any law. But chances are good, if I can help it, that I will keep my pistol in its holster and my money in my wallet and move along to somewhere I am welcome and will feel safe knowing that I can protect myself and that the business owner has not hung out a sign advertising easy prey and money.
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