Georgians Packing Guns Wouldn't Make World's Busiest Airport Any Safer

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Every day, an average of 245,000 travelers pass through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. So far this year, only 19 people have been arrested at the airport, and 16 of those arrests have been for stealing. The airport, in other words, is one of the safest places in Georgia. Yet, in the name of safety, a local gun group is pushing to allow private citizens to come to the airport armed.... [Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia), Editorial, via gunpolicy.org ]

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[rockerz71]

Like airports, college campuses are among the safest places in America, even in the wake of tragedies such as that at Virginia Tech. In fact, 93 percent of the crimes against college students occur off campus. The same holds true for elementary, middle and high schools; less than 1 percent of gun incidents involving children occur either at school or going to or from school. It's when they return home to their neighborhoods and their homes that they encounter gun violence.

I like how this liberal POS thinks that since only 7% of crimes against students occur on campus, we don't need our right to defend ourselves there

[eric_t12]

then why is there a gun ban there? obviously criminals don't take them there.


is it just me or do their arguments never make any sense...?