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Originally Posted by Lee F. Smith
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.
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Lee,
With all do respect - i don't think they think about the "no guns" signs at all. I think that for the most part, the public (especially in CA) assumes that no one is carrying. I think the thing about schools and malls is the target rich environments. The hallways in both are packed pretty tight at times and I think thats what these idiots are looking for. I think it depends on "why" they are doing what they are doing. If they just want to destroy a lot of lives, a school or mall is the place to do it. However, we have seen people go in to gun stores and hold them up, even shooting folks there. Again, I think that the reason is "why".
I think the only time that the "they might shoot back" thought will come into play is in some of the back woods places in Tx, Id, etc. Not in the big cities. Folks are conditioned that NO ONE (as far as they know) will be carrying.