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Gun-free zones a joke

Let’s face it, people, the answer to school shootings is not more anti-gun legislation. The answer is for people to start ignoring “gun-free zone” signs and start demanding they be allowed to protect those inside.

Can you imagine if at every school in America, five to 10 people started to legally carry guns? Remember the people are the ones who allow our government to make and enforce the rules. If we want them to fix this and they won’t, then we can force them to do so.

Gun-free zones are a joke. They are a trap for everyone inside. They are all defenseless. Wake up, America. Our government doesn’t want to fix the problem; it wants to use it to take away our rights. We need to step up and demand that our schools stop being gun-free zones, and demand those who work in them be allowed to defend themselves and our kids if need be.

More anti-gun legislation is not the answer. Criminals don’t follow laws, so why make more laws for them to ignore? All we are doing is giving them unlimited access to millions of defenseless targets with no fear of being stopped.

Rob Leach

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