UNLV Shooting

UNLV is a gun free zone. Per state law, it's illegal to possess a firearm without written permission, which is superlatively seldom granted. What else can be said than law do not save lives? Each victim could have had a chance to defend themselves if their human right of self-defense to carry a firearm wasn't disrespected. Signs and laws do not deter killers; the ability and willingness of would-be victims to fight back with effective means, guns, does.

In the coming days and months we will hear calls for more gun control and attempts to blame this event on guns. No so. Blame lies squarely with a depraved heart and mind and misguided policies that keep victims helpless. Any calls for gun control or laying the blame elsewhere than at the feet of the murderer and those who make such evil policies possible are horrendous calumnies.

Gun free zones kill. A concealed carrier may not be the hero all the time, but citizens, even students, deserve the chance to fight back effectively.

To quote a friend on a gun forum:

"The state legislature had the direct opportunity to address this a few years ago with Amanda Collins' bill to allow licensed students to carry on campus. It passed the state senate. Assembly Judiciary Chairman William Horne refused to bring the bill up for a vote, and is directly and personally bloodguilty for any self-defense he prevented."

SCHOOL GUN BAN WASN'T INTENDED FOR COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES

Nevada System of Higher Education (colleges & universities) Campus Firearm Approval and Denials
Calendar Years 2012 - August 1, 2017

Campus carry (colleges/universities)

Firearms are prohibited on college/university property, including in parking lots, except with written permission, which is seldom granted (NRS 202.265):

"1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not carry or possess while on the property of the Nevada System of Higher Education, a private or public school or child care facility, or while in a vehicle of a private or public school or child care facility:
(f) A pistol, revolver or other firearm; or
3. This section does not prohibit the possession of a weapon listed in subsection 1 on the property of: (a) A private or public school or child care facility by a:  (3) Person having written permission from the president of a branch or facility of the Nevada System of Higher Education or the principal of the school or the person designated by a child care facility to give permission to carry or possess the weapon."

As contained in the links above, permission is rarely granted and considered virtually impossible to obtain.