Arizona House Votes To Repeal Gun-Free School Zones

[MattPavo]

13. What's the big deal?

I sit here amazed at the ignorance I have seen in some of your responses. To begin, the government does NOT have the authority to regulate property that it does not own, which includes anywhere outside of school property in this case. What Arizona is considering is nothing new. Here in my state of Tennessee, parents with a handgun carry permit are allowed to keep their gun, yes loaded, in their car while they drop their kids off. No violence or mania as suggested, but such is always the case: there's always a bunch of talk when a "radical" gun bill is introduced that "kids will be in danger and how can those damn right wingers be so stupid", then the bill passes and nothing exciting happens. After that, nobody seems to talk about it anymore, then when another bill is introduced the chatter starts again. It has happened here MANY times. For example, in 2009 when handgun carry permit holders were allowed to carry guns into state parks and many local parks, there were loads of mayors, park rangers and police chiefs who predicted violence and all sorts of fanciful things that never happened. Tennessee parks are just as safe and family friendly as ever, and I wouldn't see why anyone would expect them to be any different, the states that legalized carry in parks before us didn't experience any such mayhem either. But I do know why this pattern occurs, people like to have opinions on subjects and most often they form them without any research into the matter at all. They just come up with things like, "guns and education just don't mix", but I really don't see how a gun in a glove box on the street 500 or 1000 feet away interupts anyone's education. If someone unauthorized carries a gun into a classroom or school building, it's still as illegal as ever, but anti-gunners will make it sound like the bill will make it legal for just anyone to bring their firearm onto school property, WHICH IS NOT TRUE. Only those with a permit can bring their gun within 1000 feeet or to the parking lot, which is a far cry from some pedophile being allowed to walk into a classroom with a gun. Just because you can voice your opinion doesn't mean you should. When ignorant people go vote on things they know nothing about, then we start to lose our rights and gain nothing as a result, so shame on to all of you that try to restrict my second amendment right while knowing nothing on the topic whatsoever.