{"id":3009,"date":"2015-01-02T10:53:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T14:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=3009"},"modified":"2015-01-02T10:53:29","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T14:53:29","slug":"in-gun-free-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/in-gun-free-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"IN GUN-FREE ZONES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, a man ran amok in a mental health facility in Pennsylvania. He murdered one victim and wounded a doctor before the doc drew his own small caliber pistol and shot the guy, stopping what might well have been a mass murder.\u00a0 The doc was not in compliance with the gun-free zone policy of the clinic.\u00a0 After the police pointed out how many lives he had saved, that problem sort of went away\u2026<\/p>\n<p>John Gavazzi runs an excellent podcast for ethicists and psychologists, called \u2013 appropriately enough \u2013 Ethics and Psychology.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3009-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/ethicalpsychology\/Episode18.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/ethicalpsychology\/Episode18.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/ethicalpsychology\/Episode18.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalpsychology.com\/2014\/12\/episode-18-critical-incidents-and.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ethicalpsychology.com\/2014\/12\/episode-18-critical-incidents-and.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I appeared on there recently when the topic in the first paragraph above was on the menu.\u00a0 As a subject matter expert on deadly force, I was the only one on the podcast panel who was <em>not <\/em>a psychologist.\u00a0 Yes, you could say I was\u2026shrink-wrapped.\u00a0The podcast linked above runs about an hour.<\/p>\n<p>I thought the topic was covered well; if you have an hour to spare, you can find it here:<\/p>\n<p>I was one of three speakers who addressed the gun-free zone issue last September at the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Chicago, hosted by Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and the Second Amendment foundation.\u00a0 If you have 40-45 minutes, those presentations can be found here:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3009-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014_GRPC_Targeting_Gun_Free_Zones_24_kpbs.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014_GRPC_Targeting_Gun_Free_Zones_24_kpbs.mp3\">http:\/\/www.saf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014_GRPC_Targeting_Gun_Free_Zones_24_kpbs.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014_GRPC_Targeting_Gun_Free_Zones_24_kpbs.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.saf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014_GRPC_Targeting_Gun_Free_Zones_24_kpbs.mp3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, I still say \u201cgun-free zone\u201d translates into \u201chunting preserve for psychopaths who hunt humans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, a man ran amok in a mental health facility in Pennsylvania. 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