Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Study: 97.8% of Mass Shootings Since 1950 Occurred in 'Gun-Free Zones'

Study: 97.8% of Mass Shootings Since 1950 Occurred in 'Gun-Free Zones'"

Findings from the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) show that 97.8 percent of mass shootings

over a 68-year period occurred in “gun-free zones.”

Drug and gun free school zone signs are shown as students play basketball at an elementary school Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2004, in Phoenix. Parents trying to get reports on violence and drugs at their kid's schools stand a good chance of having their intentions examined when they ask for public รข€¦The study covers 1950 through May 2018. 
Otherwise, it would also include the November 7, 2018, mass public attack at Borderline Bar & Grill, in which 12 were killed. 
The November 19, 2018, attack at Chicago Mercy Hospital, where three were killed, would not be listed because it does not meet FBI criteria for a mass shooting, but it should, nevertheless, be noted that Borderline Bar and Mercy Hospital were both state-mandated gun-free zones..."
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