{"id":1240,"date":"2015-08-25T23:26:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T23:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2015\/08\/25\/no-mention-that-it-was-gun-free-zone\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:25:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:25:49","slug":"no-mention-that-it-was-gun-free-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1240","title":{"rendered":"No Mention That It Was A Gun Free Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10257,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/bradycampaign\\\/posts\\\/10153054810184212&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10258,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.thetrace.org\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/good-guys-without-guns-thwart-french-train-shooter-validate-data&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240618180446\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.thetrace.org\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/good-guys-without-guns-thwart-french-train-shooter-validate-data\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 20:24:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 23:30:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 15:01:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 15:01:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10259,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.armedwithreason.com\\\/about&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10260,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/armedwithreason.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10261,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/evandefilippis&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nThe chutzpah of the gun prohibitionists is certainly on display here. The Brady Campaign is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bradycampaign\/posts\/10153054810184212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highlighting an article<\/a> from Mike Bloomberg&#8217;s newest media property TheTrace.org. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetrace.org\/2015\/08\/good-guys-without-guns-thwart-french-train-shooter-validate-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The article says the abortive terrorist attack<\/a> on the Amsterdam to Paris train which was stopped by three young Americans, a British businessman, and an undisclosed Frenchman shows that you don&#8217;t need guns.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Brady-noguns.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Brady-noguns.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.armedwithreason.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evan DeFillipis<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.armedwithreason.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devin Hughes<\/a> say the fact that the people who stopped the attack were unarmed validates data from the latest research by Harvard&#8217;s David Hemenway.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>In the wake of mass shootings, Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association (NRA) frequently returns to a familiar soundbite: \u201cThe only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun.\u201d The corollary of which is that unarmed civilians are helpless \u201cfish in a barrel.\u201d But the heroes on that French train clearly demonstrated otherwise \u2014 and the outcome of that active-shooter incident is just the most recent in a list of examples refuting an argument that has become central to the push for expanded gun rights.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Defillipis and Hughes, Oklahoma-based investment advisors who blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/armedwithreason.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Armedwithreason.com<\/a>, go on to say that Hemenway&#8217;s &#8220;research&#8221; shows that having a firearm does not make a person safer nor give you any advantage in protecting property.<\/p>\n<p>What they don&#8217;t discuss is why these incidents always seem to happen in gun-free zones. I guess that would not support their narrative.<\/p>\n<p>As an aside and it has nothing to do with the article, how narcissistic do you have to be to put your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/evandefilippis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAT scores in your LinkedIn profile<\/a>? There are some things you just can&#8217;t make up.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chutzpah of the gun prohibitionists is certainly on display here. 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