The Pros And Cons Of Gun Free Zones

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The latest mass shootings have happened in where? Gun free zones. The ones like the shooting in Aurora, Colorado, the Oregon junior college and the Ft Hood massacre have all happened in gun free zones. The issue isn't the gun it’s the person behind the gun pulling a trigger.´´ A gun is a tool, it's a weapon but also a right to own or hold or shoot a firearm.´´Because it say’s in the Constitution of the United States of America right after the 1st Amendment, the 2nd Amendment says “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” Without the 2nd Amendment, press like the New York times, New York Post, Daily News, and The Wall Street Journal, all

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