View Single Post
  #23 (permalink)  
Old 02-22-2008, 12:32 PM
Dan M.'s Avatar
Dan M. Dan M. is online now
Founding Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Orange County
Posts: 1,572
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee F. Smith View Post
All due respect to the other opinions, you can’t realistically think that these psychotic killers did not consider where they choose to carry out their plan. Obviously, the primary reason would be some perceived wrong done to them in the past; but to think that they did not consider their target is naive in the extreme. Once again don’t confuse psychotic with stupid. These individuals are predators that do consider what, where and when to carry out their attack.

To the original question I agree with on campus CCW, to Rodsteal’s question “Do you think the gunman picked that mall because he knew it was a gun free zone.” Absolutely, was it the primary reason? Doubtful, but only Peter Pan would say it played no role in the attack.
I think it's kind of a chicken and egg sort of question. You don't have one without the other, BUT he chose to go to the gun free zone when it was being occupied by the dozens of targets. No point in going if there's not a bunch of targets, even if it was the biggest gun free zone in the whole wide world.
Reply With Quote