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It’s inevitable that editorial boards (typically composed of liberals who know nothing of combat, tactics, guns, life, earth, reality, etc.) are going to come out with high-minded baloney against right to carry laws on college campuses. However, you have to wonder whether or not they are actually thinking for themselves or channeling Paul Helmke while pretending to think for themselves:
In dormitories, more guns will undoubtedly mean more gun-related accidents, more suicides and more senseless tragedies brought about by immaturity, lack of judgment, impulsivity, alcohol consumption or mental illness. But whatever their root cause, each of those incidents will only have been made possible by the proximity of guns.
So there it is. They’ve written off all college students as immature, idiotic, impulsive, drunks and sociopaths (just like Paul has almost word-for-word). They seem to forget that there are a lot of non-traditional students out there who would like to be safe in a classroom too.
Of course, I can think of a place where there are a whole lot more people of the similar ages to the average college classroom who are all sitting in “dormitories” with fully automatic firearms. It’s probably even more frightening to said editorial boards that these young people tend to be conformist and all wear the same clothes and speak respectfully of tradition, authority, and discipline.
Let’s also not forget that some of these guys are coming back and going to college. And now, the editorial boards are screaming that they are too immature to handle a firearm in a dangeous situation? Come on. They’ve been in combat how much more training do you need?!?!
This seems to me more like a case of projection. Go back and read that description again and you’ll probably get a good picture of what a bunch of hippie kids were like before they got a chance to be on editorial boards at local newspapers. You know, immature, idiotic, impulsive, drunks and sociopaths…
Click here for the video from KOMO TV 4 in Seattle, WA. This piece about Ethan Pratt and the Empty Holster Protest organized by the Students for Concealed Carry on Campus aired last night.
Over all I thought it was a pretty balanced piece, although a bit short. They did manage to slip in a couple of negative views versus the one pro-gun viewpoint though. One is the Seattle Pacific University spokesman Vick Peirson who thinks that getting behind a lockable door is the best way to survive a “Cho-like” rampage, and the anonymous young woman who says that guns on campus would make her nervous. How she’d know about it since it’s called Concealed Carry for a reason is beyond me. Besides, the protest organizers have stated this isn’t about arming every student, instead, it is just about letting the students who have CCW permits already to legally carry their weapons with them on college campuses.
Funny, I’ve never once considered carrying a lockable door around with me for protection. One, like a police officer, it’s too heavy and two, a gun is more effective.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon teacher suing to assert a right to carry a gun at school has made her name public.
She is Shirley Katz, 43, a teacher for 21 years, the last seven in Medford. She teaches English at South Medford High School.
She went public in interviews beginning Tuesday with Lars Larson on his talk radio show.
Katz says she fears her former husband. They were divorced last year, and she has had two restraining orders against him, the last of which expired in September. She said she missed a deadline to renew it.
Gerry Katz, 54, a photographer, told the Medford Mail Tribune that he’s no threat and said his former wife has made unfounded accusations as part of her effort to limit his visitation with their 5-year-old daughter.
Shirley Katz has custody, and Gerry Katz has weekly visitation rights under the divorce decree, which required him to complete an anger management class, the Mail Tribune reported.
On Sept. 26, a judge denied her bid to limit visitation rights and his request for full custody, the paper said.
Gerry Katz also has a concealed weapon permit, but his gun was seized after he waved the weapon at another driver and was charged with disorderly conduct, the paper said.
Shirley Katz filed her suit under the pseudonym Jane Doe. She said she went public after the school district filed a motion to dismiss the case based in part on her anonymity.
“I am definitely under the microscope,” she said. “I had sought to avoid that (by remaining anonymous). My son goes to school here. My daughter is in the school system.”
Katz filed the lawsuit Sept. 18. Oral arguments are scheduled for Oct. 11.
The Oregon Firearms Foundation is financing her lawsuit.
Oregonians who have concealed weapon permits may carry a gun onto most public properties, including schools, without violating state law.
School districts, however, commonly bar teachers from carrying guns to classrooms.
Go here and show your support for her right to carry a concealed weapon in her school!
Sympathy for an Oregon high-school teacher with a restraining order against an ex-husband ought not extend to allowing her to carry a gun to school.
The Medford School District teacher, known as Jane Doe in court papers, wants an exception to the district’s policy against guns on school property so she can carry her Glock 9-mm. The answer forthcoming from a Jackson County Court judge ought to be a resounding no. The teacher’s fear of her ex-spouse deserves a compassionate response — one that doesn’t lead to pistol-packin’ teachers.
The school could beef up security. Or the teacher could be given a paid leave while sorting out her personal problems. The restraining order could be strengthened or broadened for maximum protection.
There are solutions that don’t require a gun in the classroom. The teacher has a concealed-carry permit but that doesn’t give her the right to bring a gun to class.
If teachers fearful for their safety can carry guns, what about other school employees, or students fearful of the playground bully? Exceptions could create a school climate that is dangerous and distracts from education.
The 1994 federal Gun-Free Schools Act is threatened by cases such as the one in Oregon. The Christian Science Monitor reports the Michigan and Ohio legislatures have pending bills permitting school employees to carry concealed weapons on school grounds, while others have considered the possibility.
Washington state law prohibits anyone other than law-enforcement personnel from possessing weapons on school premises, school-provided transportation or any facility exclusively used by public or private schools. Legislative efforts led by Rep. Pat Lantz, D-Gig Harbor, would remove legal ambiguity by defining what is considered a weapon and making possession of one a felony rather than a gross misdemeanor.
Oregon’s Jane Doe may fear she’s in harm’s way. But taking a gun into her classroom puts students in the same predicament.
…if you are prone to road rage and think that following and harassing other drivers is cool!
I can’t speak to the authenticity of the video, but it looks to be real from what I can tell. Good thing we don’t have Smell o’ Vision because I’m sure the smell of urine was strong in the air at the end.
LOL!
This needs to be seen far and wide.
FBI reportedly probes gun permits
Suit alleges ex-Sheriff Blanas issued licenses for concealed weapons as political favors.
By Christina Jewett - Bee Staff Writer
The FBI is looking into concealed-gun permits issued by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, according to documents filed in a lawsuit that alleges former Sheriff Lou Blanas issued permits as political favors.
Documents filed Friday in the federal civil rights suit say FBI investigators have requested gun permit documents from the department, which include a permit Blanas issued to Sacramento businessman Edwin G. Gerber. Gerber gave $3,500 to Blanas’ election campaign, election records show, and bought a vacation home with Blanas in Reno in the fall of 2005, according to property records.
The former sheriff signed Gerber’s gun permit a day before leaving office last summer. He issued the approval without following the department’s usual procedure, which calls for a three-person committee to review applications from people asking to carry a loaded gun in public, according to interviews and court documents.
FBI spokesman Steven Dupre declined to say whether an investigation was taking place.
Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness said he could not comment on any possible FBI review.
Law enforcement sources said the FBI did request information from the department’s concealed-weapons permit division. But those sources said they had no knowledge of whether Gerber’s application was included in that request.
Blanas and Gerber did not return repeated calls from The Bee.
State law says sheriffs and police chiefs can award concealed-weapon permits based on “good cause” to people of “good moral character.”
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department sets the bar higher. Applicants typically are interviewed by a deputy and required to take a gun safety class in addition to facing the review panel.
McGinness said the permit approval committee was put in place more than a decade ago to keep the elected sheriff from deciding who gets the permits and giving the appearance of political motivation.
He said the system has worked generally well, but here, as in many counties, it is a “nebulous” endeavor that he’d like to see better organized.
McGinness said Gerber’s application was for an “emergency permit” that should have lasted 90 days — instead of the two years of most permits.
Gerber said in his application that he carried “large sums of cash” and wore expensive jewelry.
The department revoked Gerber’s permit in December — five months after it was issued, McGinniss said.
Attorney John Lavra, who works for a private firm that contracts with the county, represents Blanas and the county in the civil rights suit. He would not comment specifically on Gerber’s permit, saying only that all permits are issued for good reason.
About 250 civilians hold gun-carry permits issued by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, officials said. While it is legal to have a gun in one’s house or business, it is a crime to walk around with a loaded gun without a permit.
The lawsuit, filed in December 2003 when Blanas was sheriff, alleges that Blanas denied David Mehl, a chemical engineer, and Lok T. Lau, a retired FBI agent, equal protection under the law when his office turned down their applications for gun-carry permits.
“It’s about political influence, power and money,” said their attorney Gary Gorski. “Anyone who gives money to the sheriff and applies for a (permit), gets a (permit). There are a lot of people who apply for one and need one but don’t get one.”
Lavra said both men were denied permits for good cause and in accordance with long-standing policy.
“We believe that the undisputed evidence in the case will show that each were denied a (weapon) license based upon legal and legitimate and sound reasons,” Lavra said.
On Friday, Gorski filed documents claiming Blanas’ attorneys have been withholding evidence in the federal case.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Mueller ruled Monday that Gorski and Blanas’ attorneys should try to work out their disagreement before an Aug. 22 hearing about the evidence.
In the paperwork filed Friday, Gorski says a Sheriff’s Department clerk told him during a sworn deposition that the FBI was investigating gun-carry permits. That includes Gerber’s hand-scrawled application, Gorski said.
The application contains only a brief explanation for why Gerber was seeking to carry a loaded gun: “Carry large sums of cash $4,000-$5,000. Wear $45,000 watch & rings — expensive jewelry.”
On the cover sheet, the word “approved” is checked, and the comments line says simply: “Approved by Sheriff Blanas,” with his signature.
McGinness said Gerber’s permit was revoked in December when officials noted that the 90-day period had passed and that Gerber had not provided proof of completing a gun safety class.
On Dec. 19, Gerber sent a letter to the department stating that when he applied for the permit, he told Blanas he had been assaulted three times in Sacramento restaurants and bars, increasing his need for protection. Gerber had not included that information in his application or filed police reports, McGinness said.
In May — five months after the department had pulled Gerber’s permit — Blanas called and suggested the new sheriff revoke the permit because the threat against Gerber no longer existed, McGinness said.
Gorski said hundreds of applicants with more compelling needs to carry a gun have been rejected over the years. His filings allege that six major Blanas contributors were issued weapon permits, as well as several business associates of Blanas and his wife.
According to campaign finance filings, Gerber’s company, Energetic Paint & Drywall Inc., gave $1,500 to Blanas in August 2003, part of a $3,500 contribution during the election cycle.
Two years later, Gerber, Blanas and his wife, Nanette Blanas, took out a $518,000 loan together for a house worth $647,000 in Reno, records from the Washoe County assessor and recorder show.
Elections records show that Gerber made two $5,000 contributions to McGinness in August 2006. McGinness returned both, records show.
“That was money I didn’t need, so I gave it back,” he said.
McGinness said he has assigned new captains and chiefs to the permit-review panel. He said he plans to change the system, making it computer-based and standardized. He said he will have veto power over permits awarded from now on.
