Here’s an extremely simple solution to our crime problems – the “Gun Free Zone“!
I wonder why no one’s thought of this before?
On a more serious note, I’ve never felt safe in a “gun free zone” because I know I’m just a sitting duck for any criminal willing to disregard the law.
On the other hand, I’ve never felt safer than when I’m browsing at our local gun store, because I know that no criminal in his right mind would dare start any kind of trouble in place where there are dozens of trained, armed, law-abiding citizens ready and willing to protect themselves from bad guys. Similarly, I sleep very soundly at our autumn local Objectivist camp-outs, where most of us bring some sort of firearm to protect ourselves against four-legged or two-legged predators…
(Video link via Adam Mossoff.)