Why Would You Need to Be Armed Picking Up Your Kids?

Because crime can never occur around a school or a day care center. Could it? Dad killed during child pickup at NOLA church day care; cops | Miami Herald

A father was discovered shot dead in the parking lot of a church’s day care, where he was waiting to pick up his child, Louisiana police say.

People who want to create "gun free zones" around schools and day care centers, haven't eliminated crime around schools and day care centers. Just because that gun-free zone sign makes you feel safe, it doesn't mean that you are actually safe.

The dad was killed during a carjacking Sept. 30 outside Abeona House Child Discovery Center, New Orleans Police Department Supt. Nicholas Gernon said during a news briefing.

“I don’t think he even knew the person; he just aimed at the car and just started shooting at it,” a witness, Luke Gower, told WDSU. “His gun jammed, according to the homeowner. There I was, the next car in line, so I just feel lucky, I guess.”

So after he killed the dad, waiting to pick up his kids, he took the car.

Now, being armed in his own defense may not have saved this guy. In fact, if it was a true ambush, then likely he would be dead anyway. There are no guarantees in this life except for death and next winter's snow. But creating a gun free zone around the school/church/day care/whatever does not make you safe. It just makes you a defenseless victim.

This was a random crime. The suspect was found in the stolen car shot in the head. If he survives, he will be charged with murder.

Not all crimes are random. I usually point out that people who have violent stalkers have a need to be armed when they are at a known location on a known schedule. This includes to and from work, picking up and dropping off kids at school or day care, and at religious services. These are all places that the Left loves to designate as "gun free zones," which are really defenseless victim zones.