Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) seeks repeal of the Gun-Free School Zones Act after a Minneapolis Catholic school shooting that killed two children and wounded 18. The 1990 law made firearm possession in a school zone illegal. Massie reintroduced HR 5066, the Safe Students Act, to repeal the federal prohibition and return authority over firearm policies to state governments and school boards. Massie retweeted claims that the shooter targeted gun-free zones because victims are defenseless and wrote that he consistently introduces repeal bills, asserting deranged shooters choose vulnerable schools and that such shootings do not occur in schools that allow staff to carry. A commenter disputed armed police effectiveness.
(Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images) Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) wants to repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act in the wake of the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting that left two children dead and 18 others wounded. The act was signed into law by former President George H.W. Bush in 1990, making it illegal to possess a firearm in a school zone. Massie reintroduced HR 5066, named the Safe Students Act, this week.
Massie retweeted a post by the president of pro-Second Amendment site crimeresearch.org that claimed, The Catholic School Shooter in Minneapolis Claims that He Would Prefer to Target a Gun-Free Zone' Because the Victims are Defenseless. That's why I and many others like schools so much.' Massie wrote, Every Congress, I have introduced a bill to repeal the federal Gun Free School Zone Act. Deranged shooters choose schools because they know their victims are vulnerable. This one even admitted it.
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