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Actually, no one in their right mind would place this poster in the window, including the most fervent, anti-gun fanatic, but this is exactly the sign we will all have in our windows when we can no longer defend ourselves, our families and our homes, because our guns and/or ammunition have all been banned.
"The Crime Control Act of 1990" was viewed by most as unimportant anti-crime legislation, but the "unintended consequences" have been tragic. It was the "The Crime Control Act of 1990" that established "gun free school zones." Between the first school killings and the second, 195 years went by without incident. See the list below. Between the Poe Elementary attack and the Stockton School shootings, the "reason" for "gun free school zones," another 30 years went by, with six intervening incidents. In the 225 years between and including the Enoch Brown school massacre and the Stockton shootings there were a total of nine incidents. You remember Pres. George H.W. Bush, the man who gave us the "New World Order," right? Well, it was he who signed the 1990 crime bill into law, establishing "gun free school zones." Since "gun free school zones" were established eighteen years ago, there have been an additional sixty-nine incidents. That is more than seven times as many, in the past 17 years, as in the preceding 225 years. Those sixty-nine incidents account for an additional 142 dead and more than 198 wounded. Apparently psychotics prefer killing zones where no one is likely to shoot back. It is time to do away with "gun free school zones." It was the Stockton shootings by Patrick Purdey that prompted the gun free zone legislation. Five children were killed and 31 were injured by Purdey, who used a legally purchased AK-47, to commit the deed. California law at the time required a 15 day waiting period and a background check to make the purchase and Purdey passed without a problem, but he shouldn't have. Although Purdey pulled the trigger, the entire California criminal justice system was also complicit in the massacre. It was only because prosecutors and judges allowed Purdy to plea down his crimes, that he was never convicted of a felony and therefore was able to legally purchase that AK-47. In 1979 Purdey was arrested for extortion and the possession of dangerous weapons. The following year, 1980, he was arrested for sex crimes. In 1982 he was arrested for possession of drugs. In 1983 he was arrested twice, for dangerous weapons and receiving stolen property. In 1984 he was arrested for attempted robbery and conspiracy. And in 1987 he was arrested on weapons charges and resisting arrest. The probation report noted that he was a danger to himself and others. Seven times Purdey faced serious criminal charges and seven times the courts dropped or plea bargained away the felony charges. Unfortunately, this goes on in our court systems on a daily basis. Judges who allow felons to go free, who then commit a capital crime, should be held responsible as an accomplice to that crime. Perhaps then, judges who allow these people to go free to commit further crimes, might think twice before doing so. Most of the following are the "unintended consequences" of gun free school zone legislation. This list is probably incomplete. The use of "School Unknown" in the list below means that the article, or data base, the information was drawn from did not provide the name of the school in question. Also, many of the shooters were "off their meds", but drug companies, manufacturers of said "meds," have paid the families of the shooters not to mention the fact. So it is impossible to determine exactly how many were drug related. My guess would be upwards of 90%. I didn't include the Kent State shootings because that was a completely different set of circumstances. While a tragedy, it doesn't qualify for this list. In the U.S., forty-eight states now have concealed carry laws on the books. In a comperhensive study of all public, multiple shooting incidents in America between 1977 and 1999, John Lott and Bill Landes found that concealed carry laws were the only laws that had any beneficial effect. Think about that! And the effect was significant. States with concealed carry laws on the books, reduced multiple shooting attacks by 60% and reduced death and injury from these attacks by 80%. "As ye sow, so shall ye reap." When you sow the seeds of citizen disarmament, the crop can only be, vastly increased violent crime, or even worse, tyranny and genocide.  Contact the White House, your Senators and Representative and let them know how you feel. If you don't, they will assume you don't care, and do what they want. Our Fore Fathers, the men who fought the fight, and wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, speak to us from the past through their written words and thoughts. Listen to Patric henry, he lived the experience, he knew what he was talking about. "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force you are inevitably ruined." The only "force" available to the colonists were their firearms. "Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and the keystone under independence... From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences and tendencies prove that to ensure peace, security, and happiness, the rifle, and pistol are equally indispensable... The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good." 
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Would you place this poster in the front window of your home? Of course you wouldn't. Not even Charles Schumer would. Why? Well, there is no better way to advertise your vulnerability. This sign says to all criminals, (including political criminals) "I am unarmed, PLEASE come and take advantage of me, enslave me, rob me, rape me, kill me and my family, I am helpless."
Now, if you wouldn't post the above sign in your home window, why in the world would you allow a "gun free zone" sign to be posted where your children, or grand children go to school?