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Alan Korwin, Bloomfield Press -- Oct. 3, 2006
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GUN-FREE-SCHOOL FRAUD COSTS LIVES AGAIN
GUN-FREE-SCHOOL FRAUD COSTS LIVES AGAIN
GUN-FREE-SCHOOL FRAUD COSTS LIVES AGAIN


Pennsylvania Is Latest State to Suffer


Another armed murderer has used the so-called Gun-Free-School-Zones law to
simply walk onto school grounds and with impunity begin killing innocent
children.

These dangerous criminals rely on the fact that no one on campus will be able to
offer resistance. Congress passed the law in 1990, renewed it in 1995, and
though it cannot stop murderers it has enabled many, experts say.

"The Gun-Free-School law is a cruel hoax that costs lives," said Alan Korwin,
author of Gun Laws of America. "Time and time again, these killers are using the
law to provide a safe haven, where they are the only people with guns." It's no
surprise these madmen never attack gun stores, police stations, or other places
where people are known to be armed, he says, and news reports consistently
overlook this point.

Hoplophobic teacher's unions, school administrators and legislators project
their fears onto the system and disarm honest people, instead of taking prudent
steps to protect the kids. Hoplophobia is a poorly understood morbid fear of
weapons that afflicts millions. It is one of the greatest undiagnosed and
untreated sources of harm in the country, Korwin and other experts believe.

People who are terrified of guns give themselves a good feeling but false sense
of security by passing such dangerous laws. "All they have done is create
target-rich, no-risk environments for monsters who have no fear of encountering
an armed teacher or administrator, or a legally-armed private citizen who might
happen to be in the building," says Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Second
Amendment Foundation. The Pennsylvania attack comes less than a week after a
similar attack in Colorado.

"Gun-control extremists will use this incident to claim we have not done
enough," Gottlieb predicted, and in the past, the harm caused by gun-free laws
has lead to calls for more of the same. This is irrational, which is a sign of
hoplophobic behavior. "They have disarmed the wrong people and left our
schools, and the children inside, vulnerable to this kind of atrocity."

"We need empowerment, not avoidance," Korwin says, who believes that properly
trained and prepared teachers are at least one prudent step to take against a
rash of homicidal maniacs preying on schools.

Hundreds of thousands of FBI-certified individuals, who routinely use personal
firearms for crime deterrence and safety, but are kept out of the news, are also
banned from school grounds under many states' laws. They can provide little help
against the criminals who simply ignore the words in a distant law book.

Several states have introduced Gun-Free-Zone Liability laws, which allow people
to make the arbitrary and unenforced gun-free zones, but would hold them liable
for any harm the zones cause. It is believed this would make people think twice
about making the dangerous and negligent zones. Sample bill language is here:
http://www.gunlaws.com/GFZ/index.htm

Gottlieb categorizes gun-free zones as a myth, since they stop no one, leaving
victims defenseless.

An unintended consequence of the federal gun-free-school-zones law, 18 USC
922(q), is to criminalize millions of citizens who travel near schools. Because
the law stipulates a 1,000-foot gun-free perimeter around schools, virtually all
private travel with firearms in American cities violates the law.

This creates tens of millions of federal felonies, of unsuspecting citizens,
with no enforcement, but no actual harm done. The law is a travesty needing
repeal. See maps and details here:
http://www.gunlaws.com/Gun_Free_School_Zones.htm

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