Did California gun laws make kidnapping of teens more likely?
Libertarians ask WASHINGTON, DC — Now that two California teenagers are safe after the horrific “lovers’ lane” kidnapping, here is the question that Americans should be asking, Libertarians say: Could this crime have been prevented if the state allowed residents to carry concealed weapons? “This incident illustrates how vulnerable all of us are to random, violent crime,” said Steve Dasbach, Libertarian Party executive director. “The best defense against such criminals is to allow people in all 50 states the freedom to own a gun — and carry it wherever they like.” Lancaster, California teenagers Jacqueline Marris and Tamara Brooks were “minutes from being killed,” police say, when they were rescued by sheriff’s deputies who shot and killed the fugitive who had abducted them. The girls had been sitting with their boyfriends in parked cars at a popular teen hangout on Thursday when Roy Ratliff, who was wanted on rape charges, tied up the young men at gunpoint and drove away with the gir
