Issue Position: Repeal "Gun Free" School Zone Laws

Issue Position

If elected, I will spon­sor leg­is­la­tion to elim­i­nate all restric­tions on the Sec­ond Amend­ment. In par­tic­u­lar, I will spon­sor leg­is­la­tion to repeal the trag­i­cally failed "gun-free" school zone laws, so that schools can defend them­selves from vio­lence. This will allow indi­vid­u­als, com­mu­ni­ties, and schools to pro­tect themselves.

Imag­ine how dif­fer­ent New­town would have been had there not been any "gun-free" school zone laws. First, the shooter would have been less likely to pick a school as a tar­get. Cur­rently, because they are government-guaranteed to be defense­less, schools are an easy tar­get. If a vio­lent sociopath knows that a school is actu­ally able to defend itself, he will be less inclined to tar­get schools in the first place.

Even if a shooter goes after a school, that shoot­ing spree will be cut short by armed secu­rity guards, admin­is­tra­tors, or even teach­ers. Large scale mas­sacres would be impos­si­ble if school staff were able to shoot back.

I want Amer­i­can schools and com­mu­ni­ties to be safe havens, not easy tar­gets. Thus, if elected, I will spon­sor leg­is­la­tion to repeal "gun-free" school zone laws, as well as all other restric­tions on our nat­ural right to defend ourselves.

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