{"id":116956,"date":"2026-05-24T02:59:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=116956"},"modified":"2026-05-24T03:06:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:06:45","slug":"116956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=116956","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Yadda, Yadda, Yadda: Anti-Gunners Warn of a Bloody Apocalypse if Gun Rights are Expanded\u2026Again.<\/a><\/p>\n

It should come as no surprise to anyone who follows the debate over gun control that anti-gun messaging hasn\u2019t changed much over the years. Once a particular \u201cproblem\u201d is invented by anti-gun extremists, they generally settle in on a flawed argument to \u201ccorrect\u201d it, then just keep hammering away at it.<\/p>\n

When Florida\u00a0started the modern movement<\/a>\u00a0to expand the carrying of firearms by law-abiding citizens for personal protection in 1987, those opposed to the Second Amendment and the right to self-defense immediately began wailing about simple disagreements exploding into shoot-outs on the streets.<\/p>\n

They predicted Florida would devolve into Hollywood\u2019s depiction of the Wild West. But that never happened.<\/p>\n

As the right to carry movement spread across the country, extremists still screeched about those impending Wild West scenarios unfolding in each state, but those predictions proved to be overwrought. In fact, when self-defense options were expanded for law-abiding citizens, states saw either a decline in violent crime or no significant change.<\/p>\n

Then came the transition from expanding access to carry permits\u2014or removing unconstitutional restrictions on who may obtain one or what they must do to be granted a permit\u2014to promoting constitutional carry, where law-abiding citizens were simply presumed to remain law-abiding if the government didn\u2019t first require they get a permission slip to carry a firearm for self-defense.<\/p>\n

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We now sit at 29 states with some form of Constitutional Carry, and in virtually every state where there has been a legislative push for such a law, those opposed repeated the same doom-and-gloom predictions they rolled out for the push to make carry permits more easily obtained.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur state will return to the days of the Wild West!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSimple arguments will explode into violent shoot-outs!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe streets will become a war zone!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Again, none of that happened, just like it didn\u2019t happen during the carry permit reforms.<\/p>\n

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With the expansion of law-abiding citizens being able to carry firearms for self-defense, recent efforts to enhance that ability have focused on eliminating \u201cgun-free zones<\/a>.\u201d These areas are only \u201cgun-free\u201d if criminals decide they will suddenly start obeying the law because they saw a sign depicting a firearm contained within a circle and a prominent slash across the gun.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s obviously ridiculous, as criminals have always ignored the laws prohibiting them from possessing and carrying firearms, as well as the laws restricting where firearms can be carried.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s not just the average violent criminal who ignores the restrictions on \u201cgun-free zones.\u201d The crazed lunatics that want to do nothing but create carnage and infamy are especially drawn to these areas.<\/p>\n

The horrific unintended consequence of madmen targeting disarmed citizens in \u201cgun-free zones\u201d was pointed out in an April\u00a0op-ed in the\u00a0New Hampshire Union Leader<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0The piece, co-authored by economist and noted crime expert Dr. John Lott and New Hampshire state Representative Samuel Farrington points out that, \u201c[M]ass public shooters have repeatedly explained in their manifestos that they seek to attack \u2018gun-free zones.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

To drive the point home, the piece states, \u201cIt\u2019s no accident that\u00a093% of mass public shootings<\/a>\u00a0occur in gun free zones in which civilians are not allowed to carry firearms.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The op-ed was written to defend HB1793,\u00a0NRA-supported legislation<\/a>\u00a0in New Hampshire that would eliminate \u201cgun-free zones\u201d for the state\u2019s public colleges and universities. Lott and Farrington write, \u201cOpponents (of the bill) are repeating the same warnings made when the state adopted right-to-carry, later expanded it, and enacted Constitutional Carry. Each time, critics predicted disaster\u2014and each time, they were wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

The authors also refer to some of the specific claims made by opponents of the bill that are strikingly similar to, if not the same as the arguments that have been made since the modern right to carry movement started in Florida.<\/p>\n

Those who object to expanding the right to self-defense on campus in New Hampshire, notes the op-ed, raise the specter of college kids getting drunk and being negligent with their firearms\u2014which is similar to the argument people made when they opposed removing prohibitions on carrying firearms into restaurants where alcohol is served.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the ridiculous claim that an armed student may draw a gun over a disagreement with a professor or over a particularly heated academic debate. That\u2019s the same claim made during early discussions over expanding carry laws, when they alleged simple arguments or minor traffic incidents would lead to gunshots.<\/p>\n

Others feel college students \u201care too immature and not fully developed,\u201d which isn\u2019t much different than the allegation that law-abiding citizens should not be allowed to carry firearms because they lack the training and mental preparedness that police officers have.<\/p>\n

Lott and Farrington even mention that some opponents raise the same hysterical proclamation that \u201cNew Hampshire would become a \u2018wild west shootout\u2019\u201d if restrictions on carrying firearms on campus are removed.<\/p>\n

The authors also point out, however, that for every outlandish claim of pending catastrophe should the bill become law, those making such claims offer no evidence in support. In fact, Lott and Farrington point out there is plenty of evidence to the contrary.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe can look to\u00a0other states to dismiss the unfounded opposition to HB1793,\u201d the op-ed explains. \u201cEleven states currently prohibit public universities from being \u2018gun-free zones\u2019, and we now have decades of data.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sadly, hysterical fear mongering will always be the standard argument that anti-gun extremists use to oppose our right to keep and bear arms. Fortunately, their apocalyptic predictions never come to fruition, and as that continues to be the case, more and more people who aren\u2019t avid Second Amendment advocates will see through the ruse of the fallacious arguments of those opposed to our liberty and the right to self-defense.<\/p>\n

We will, of course, post any updates on efforts to expand the Second Amendment in New Hampshire\u2026and anywhere else freedom is moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yadda, Yadda, Yadda: Anti-Gunners Warn of a Bloody Apocalypse if Gun Rights are Expanded\u2026Again. It should come as no surprise to anyone who follows the debate over gun control that anti-gun messaging hasn\u2019t changed much over the years. Once a particular \u201cproblem\u201d is invented by anti-gun extremists, they generally settle in on a flawed argument … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rkba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116956"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116967,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116956\/revisions\/116967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}