This was right here in South OC, in the city of Mission Viejo, immediately adjacent to Ladera Ranch.  Imagine the carnage if this had been a terrorist.  There are supposed to be over 6000 CCW holders in Orange County–no doubt quite a few here in South OC. Where were they?  If you have a CCW, there are very few restrictions on where you can carry in this state. I just found out about the shooting, having just returned from violating some state park rules while on a hike with my family in the desert.  Why were my fellow Americans Californians "running and screaming"?  Yes, this is a Gun Free Zone.  Not because it’s impossible to carry in Orange County (permits obtainable, at least until Carona left recently), but because most don’t bother to apply and even permit holders probably don’t carry most of the time.  Shameful.  Pathetic.  Link: News: Gunshots fired today at The Shops of Mission Viejo | one, deputies, sheriff – OCRegister.com.

A man in a "bad wig” who authorities say robbed a jewelry store at The Shops at Mission Viejo at gunpoint Sunday afternoon was killed in a shootout with sheriff’s deputies in the parking structure at the mall. The incident had shoppers screaming and running in fear and deputies converging on the mall with assault weapons, a surreal scenario in a city routinely touted as one of America’s safest.

Note one of the comments:

jenmel wrote:

In response to kekepania97… the OCSD didn’t do squat to make sure anyone was safe. I entered the mall at 6pm to work a night shift at my work unaware that ANYTHING had happened until a couple people at work mentioned a shooting in the parking structure. It wasn’t until SEVEN that they started evacuating the mall… which by that time it was pretty empty anyway because the mall closes at 6! Then, despite there being at least 6 mall entrances, only ONE had any police officers posted. They told people that nobody was being allowed in or out of the mall parking lot via car, so my co-workers and I walked outside of the mall parking lot to get picked up. Then, when I got picked up, my ride was able to drive back into the mall and I was able to get my car. There was not a police officer in sight at any entrance except the one closest to the incident…. and during this time they still suspected that there was a possibly armed accomplice! I’m sorry, but they the OCSD didn’t do ANYthing to make me feel safe. In fact, I was more afraid of them and their rifles they were brandishing around young children than I was of a possible second gunman who probably, if he existed, had fled the scene before I even got to the mall.