Here's the OP-ED he wrote that the above news article references
A plan to harden soft targets
Posted Jan. 22, 2016 at 12:01 AM
What does it take to stop a bad guy with a gun? A good guy with a gun.
Society relies on the armed forces and law enforcement to protect us from those that would do us harm. But mass shootings are changing how we think about security, and we need to make a strategic shift.
The perpetrators of the Dec. 2 mass shootings in San Bernardino were determined to commit evil upon defenseless innocents. In a matter of minutes, they murdered 14 people, wounded 21 and traumatized many others. And there was nothing, nothing at all to stop the killers during their brief but devastating rampage. What finally did stop them was “good guys with guns.”
Gun-free zones can’t provide protection from killers. And killers are the problem, not good, honest, responsible people who are armed. When every second counts, well-trained, armed citizens can save lives. In the recent surge of terrorist stabbings in Israel, the government encouraged citizens to carry firearms under the law. That has been an effective deterrent.
After terrorists murdered 67 people at a mall in Kenya in 2013, Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble said in an interview, “You have to ask yourself, ‘Is an armed citizenry more necessary now than it was in the past with an evolving threat of terrorism?’
In my view, the clear answer is yes.
Robert A. Lovingood is vice chair of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, representing the First District, which includes all of the Victor Valley and parts of the Barstow area.
Read more at http://www.vvdailypress.com/article/201 ... /160129924
That says it right there. If regular citizens die due to violence politicians can pass more laws restricting rights. If county or state employees die it's a liability and they know lawsuits will be filed by surviving family members.