"Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@www.aeiveos.com> wrote
>On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Michael S. Lorrey wrote:
>
>> ... which is why the schools are all gun free zones these days (they
>> didn't used to be),
>
>Ah yes, lets give the teachers guns so they can defend themselves
>from the students.
Absolutely! Why aren't teachers entitled to defend themselves against violent students?
>Or were you suggesting that the students have
>them so they can take out their aggressions with lethal weapons
>instead of the more common fists?
For a start, lets have a firearms safety course as part of the curriculum, and a (supervised) rifle & pistol marksmanship club as an after-school activity.
On from there, lets have a civics class that teaches when use of deadly force in self-defense is permissible and when it's not.
Next step: Anyone of 16 years who has passed all the gun-education courses and demonstrates good enough marksmanship that he isn't a danger to innocent bystanders (and doesn't have a violent criminal history, mental illness, etc.) gets a concealed carry permit, good inside and outside school property.
>I'll suggest a compromise --
>Rules of engagement of the royalty -- if you feel insulted you
>slap the other persons face with a glove and then cross foils
>after class....
If both parties are willing, I have no objection. But the concealed carry permit is for the non-violent student who needs to defend himself against an aggressive and violent troublemaker (or more than one), when no "authority figures" are around to protect him (or her).
Edgar W. Swank <EdgarSwank@Juno.com>
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Edgar W. Swank <cryoprez@jps.net>
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