Newtown Shooter Saw Gun Free Zone As The Easiest Target

Keep in mind, every single mass shooting in America, with the exception of the Tucson shooting of former Congresswoman Gabbie Giffords, has taken place in a “gun free zone.” Now, according to law enforcement sources, it seems Newtown shooter Adam Lanza picked his target to maximize his body count.

And what better target than a “gun free zone,” where law-abiding citizens will be disarmed?

The man who shot dead 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school wanted to kill more people than the 77 slain by a Norwegian man in a 2011 rampage, CBS News reported on Monday, citing unnamed law enforcement sources. …

Adam Lanza, 20, who killed himself as police closed in on him at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, saw himself in direct competition with Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting attack in Norway on July 22, 2011, CBS said.

Breivik surrendered to police. Citing two officials briefed on the Newtown investigation, CBS said Lanza targeted the elementary school because he saw it as the “easiest target” with the “largest cluster of people.”

The pro-gun control narrative would have us believe that these shootings happen because of our easy access to guns. But that just doesn’t pass the smell test. Criminals don’t commit crimes because they have a gun available to them. Criminals commit crimes for other reasons, and the guns are a means to an end.

The reason why these mass shooters have been as successful as they have been is because we insist on creating, with “gun free zones,” fertile grounds for their rampages.