Gun-Free School Zones: Article Analysis

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Do you believe students attending schools are in a safe environment? David Kopel’s article, “Pretend “Gun-Free” School Zones: A Deadly Legal Fiction” argues that rampage takes place in schools, the problem with gun-free zones, and why gun-free laws should be outlawed. Kopel believes that gun-free zones are not doing their job in result to mass shootings that still takes place. I agree with Kopel Opinion that something else needs to take place instead of gun-free zones. Kopel gave many instances of shootings that took place in gun-free zones. In some which teachers or administrators even had a firearm in their vehicle. One such example was an incident that took place in 1997 when the assistant principal of Pearl High School, Joel Myrick,

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