Comments on: Fifth Circuit Hears Arguments on Constitutionality of Gun-Free School Zones Act https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-control/fifth-circuit-hears-arguments-on-constitutionality-of-gun-free-school-zones-act/ Sat, 08 Mar 2025 21:17:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: LKB https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-control/fifth-circuit-hears-arguments-on-constitutionality-of-gun-free-school-zones-act/comment-page-1/#comment-26001 Sat, 08 Mar 2025 21:17:19 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=21431#comment-26001 Political reality check here. Panel consists of Graves, Higginson, and Wilson. First two are Obama appointees; Wilson is a PDT appointee.

I predict this panel will vote 2-1 to affirm, over a strident dissent from Wilson. The question will be whether the Fifth Circuit will then take the case en banc and reverse.

]]> By: top secret https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-control/fifth-circuit-hears-arguments-on-constitutionality-of-gun-free-school-zones-act/comment-page-1/#comment-25877 Fri, 07 Mar 2025 23:34:14 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=21431#comment-25877 The Hi-Power on that sign is either inert (hammer down) or has the SFS system. Usually sign designers choose a Beretta 92 or 1911 or revolver.

In most areas, it’s impossible to go about one’s day and not pass through multiple school zones. I used GIS to map out all the 1000 foot zones in my state and every major road and most secondary roads are excluded. Most cities are so dense that the entire city becomes a GFZ if one doesn’t have a carry permit from that state.

]]> By: .40 cal Booger https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-control/fifth-circuit-hears-arguments-on-constitutionality-of-gun-free-school-zones-act/comment-page-1/#comment-25866 Fri, 07 Mar 2025 20:41:54 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=21431#comment-25866 I’ve always thought the school zone no-guns 1,000 foot thing was ridiculous, especially considering it doesn’t actually do anything ‘protective’ or ‘reactive’ or ‘stopping’ to keep a bad guy from simply going “a school zone, pffffttt…” and going ahead and doing bad things anyway. And in terms of actual schools and bad guys wanting to cause harm, its like all non-guns zones, it simply attracts them because its less likely there be any or enough armed people that can stop them – its why over 94% of mass shootings (which includes school shootings) take place in no-gun zones, less likely there be any or enough armed force to stop them. Time and time again we have seen mass/school shooters not stopped by this make-believe force field of non-guns zones, wev’e read their writings where they pointed out it was less likely there be people with guns that can stop them as one of the parts of their planning in their target selection and execution.

gun free zones (AKA no-guns zones, including this ridiculous non-guns school zones thing), defined:

“gun (gŭn) free (frē) zone (zōn)

* Trap in which people congregate and are falsely promised safety by a make believe force field of a ‘No Guns” prohibition.

* A place where people are disarmed and not permitted self-defense with firearms.

* Hunting grounds for predator criminals where defenseless prey is guaranteed by law.

* Place where existing laws against violent crimes do not work to prevent violent crimes the laws are touted to be able to prevent.

* Places designed to attract violently mentally ill predators.

* Places where police forces cease to operate to protect before the fact of a violent crime as they are touted to be able to do by politicians implying.

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