Several shootings have happened in so called gun-free zones. School shootings are probably the most well known of all shootings in gun-free. In 2008, five people were killed and several more were injured at Northern Illinois University after a shooter entered the school, a posted gun-free zone, and also in December 2012 with the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut that ended in the murder of twenty-eight people and the hospitalization of two more.(Lott, Newtown…2012) Slapping a label on a building doesn’t stop someone from breaking a law. Studies have shown that the mere presence of a gun can deter criminals. This means that stationing an armed guard at each school and federal buildings would most likely solve most of the nations shooting
Several shootings have happened in so called gun-free zones. School shootings are probably the most well known of all shootings in gun-free. In 2008, five people were killed and several more were injured at Northern Illinois University after a shooter entered the school, a posted gun-free zone, and also in December 2012 with the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut that ended in the murder of twenty-eight people and the hospitalization of two more.(Lott, Newtown…2012) Slapping a label on a building doesn’t stop someone from breaking a law. Studies have shown that the mere presence of a gun can deter criminals. This means that stationing an armed guard at each school and federal buildings would most likely solve most of the nations shooting