Even Elliot Rodger knew guns were a deterrent
So Rodger picked his venue carefully, as noted by Prof. John Lott:
How can we prevent mass murderers? Elliot Rodger, the 22-year-old who killed six innocent people this past Friday in California, is causing everyone to ask that question, yet again.
Rodger spent over a year and a half meticulously planning his attack.
His 141-page “manifesto” makes it clear that he feared someone with a gun could stop him before he was able to kill a lot of people...
If police were around everywhere, we could stop these attacks. But, of course, they aren’t. And with the exception of the police, Santa Barbara County, where Isla Vista is located, is essentially a gun-free zone.
As of February 2014, there were only just 53 individuals with a concealed handgun permit in the county.
Nothing unusual about this case; it fits the pattern of failure of the "gun-free zone" model.
Murderers like Elliot Rodger are cowards who plan for zero resistance. Before the anti-gun zealots grind off all of their tooth enamel, you would thing that at least one of them would step up and admit their error—if they can see it.
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