Images of the Antis: Gun Bans

Again, not really thinking:

Baldr DC Shootings

So I have no idea when this image was made. It could have been after the Heller decision, or the recent decision that DC’s Ban on carry was unconstitutional.

Still Jason’s comment is kind of silly. “Where there are guns there are shootings”.

The people in the image are seeking refuge in the Supreme Court building, which is a “Gun Free Zone”, but what are they seeking shelter FROM?

DC Homicide and violent crime rates have been DROPPING since the gun laws in the district are being liberalized! Also there are so many places that have near 100% gun ownership that have very few shootings.

It isn’t gun ownership, it’s WHO owns them. You have a place where only criminals own guns, you have a LOT of shootings. You have a place where mostly law abiding citizens have guns and suddenly criminals aren’t as bold.

But oddly the anti-rights people claim all they care about is public safety…yet they ignore when the public actually becomes safer!

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7 Responses to Images of the Antis: Gun Bans

  1. The_Jack says:

    Wow… so they acutally think that little sign will keep guns away?
    Or do they realize that courts are protected by baliffs and deputies who are armed?

    Nevermind that the vast, vast majority of mass shootings have happened in gun free zones.

    It’s amazing how they simultaniously have utter faith in a little sign to keep away guns, but when a city has a total handgun ban *and* skyrocketing “gun crime” they just shrug and go “What you expect criminals to obey the law?”

  2. Bob S. says:

    Ever notice how hypocritical the antis are ?

    They believe in the power of the sign but won’t put up one in front of their home.

    They want everyone to walk around unarmed but won’t let anyone know they aren’t armed.

    I challenge any anti-rights cultist who believes that gun free zones to work to publicly proclaim their gun free status — at home, in their car, at work, coming out of the bank….live up to your values.

    Bob S.

  3. divemedic says:

    People in the court building aren’t safe because it is a “gun free zone,” because the courts are very most assuredly NOT. The guns there all belong to the occupants of the building. This is no different than me not allowing anyone to have a gun in my home.

    What the artist failed to mention is that no one in the court building has any rights. No right to be free from searches. No right to free speech, unless they want to be found in contempt of court. No right to assemble. Not one Amendment of the Bill of Rights applies within that building.

    I suspect that this is the true aim of gun control.

    • Archer says:

      I agree with your sentiment, but offer a correction: Amendments 5, 6, 7, and 8 all apply within the courthouse and courtroom. Indeed, it’s the only place 6 and 7 can reasonably apply.

      Also, there is one difference between your home and the courthouse: your home is private property, the courthouse is a public building on public property. I can see justifications for securing all or parts of it, but just like a school “Gun Free Zone”, there’s still no magic border, the crossing of which causes sane people to become homicidal, guns to spring to life and shoot everyone in sight, and words uttered as free speech to start clubbing people about the head and shoulders.

      Other than that, I agree. Your rights are significantly abridged once you enter a modern courthouse.

      And as we say, “gun control” is not about guns; it’s about control.

      • divemedic says:

        Amendment 6? You mean the one that is supposed to prevent a judge from throwing you in jail for contempt of court without a jury trial? That one? That one only exists if the judge says it does. A right that can be ignored at the whim of a judge isn’t really a right, is it?

      • Geodkyt says:

        Well, I haven’t visited the Supreme Court any time soon, but every courthouse I’ve been in that banned firearms by your average citizen DID have a perimeter demarcating a safe zone, with a metal detector and a cop (balliff) with a gun, searching everyone on their way in. And more armed agents of the State inside the perimeter, ready to dole out pain and death to anyone who rushed the perimeter and took out the point guard.

        I don’t have a real problem with THAT kind of “Gun Free Zone”, even in private businesses. If you want to disarm me, all I ask is that you:

        A. Make a reasonable attempt at ensuring everyone else who isn’t a designated defender is also disarmed, and you provide enough armed security to reasonably take care of leakers who got through the checkpoint or anyone who nuts off unarmed.

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