TheBluesMan
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The Link: http://news.excite.com/news/r/991021/15/oh-state-news-2
The Article:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Superintendent Says Teachers Need Guns
Updated 3:09 PM ET October 21, 1999
(READING) -- Parents, teachers and students in Reading (red-ing) are involved in a heated debate over guns in schools. School Superintendent John Varis raised the issue last Friday by saying that he believes there should be weapons available for teachers to use if violence breaks out. A petition was circulated Wednesday calling for his ouster. Varis says teachers have a right to protect themselves and students in situations like the one at Columbine High School. School board member Bill Apking says he would pull his kids out of school if the suggestion became a policy.[/quote]
Now I don't think we should arm all teachers, but having a few guns in the building, under lock and key, for emergency use only is a good idea. I have a daughter at a local elementary school and I would feel better knowing that the principal had a gun locked in his office for emergency use.
Just the public knowledge that there are guns in this school for defense should help deter school shootings. How else are you going to stop some nut-case from shooting up the place? We can look to Israel for examples of using guns to keep kids safe.
It takes a gun to stop a gun.
I for one would like to help John Varis if possible. Maybe someone lives near Reading and can give more info.
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RKBA!
"A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you." - Ramsey Clark
"Rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising them." - Sarah Josepha Hale
The Article:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Superintendent Says Teachers Need Guns
Updated 3:09 PM ET October 21, 1999
(READING) -- Parents, teachers and students in Reading (red-ing) are involved in a heated debate over guns in schools. School Superintendent John Varis raised the issue last Friday by saying that he believes there should be weapons available for teachers to use if violence breaks out. A petition was circulated Wednesday calling for his ouster. Varis says teachers have a right to protect themselves and students in situations like the one at Columbine High School. School board member Bill Apking says he would pull his kids out of school if the suggestion became a policy.[/quote]
Now I don't think we should arm all teachers, but having a few guns in the building, under lock and key, for emergency use only is a good idea. I have a daughter at a local elementary school and I would feel better knowing that the principal had a gun locked in his office for emergency use.
Just the public knowledge that there are guns in this school for defense should help deter school shootings. How else are you going to stop some nut-case from shooting up the place? We can look to Israel for examples of using guns to keep kids safe.
It takes a gun to stop a gun.
I for one would like to help John Varis if possible. Maybe someone lives near Reading and can give more info.
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RKBA!
"A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you." - Ramsey Clark
"Rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising them." - Sarah Josepha Hale