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    Representative Massie Proposes Repeal of Gun-Free School Zone Act

    Dean Weingarten - 27
    Congressman Thomas Massie has proposed repealing the controversial federal ban on guns within a thousand feet of a school. From cnsnews.com: Massie said the solution to school shootings is putting more than one-armed guard at...
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    Florida Lawmakers Reject “Assault Weapon” Ban, Approve Legal Guns In Schools

    John Boch - 71
    The gun control tidal wave met a committee of the Florida state senate yesterday. While the Florida House rejected a black rifle ban last week, activists pinned their hopes on the Sunshine State's Senate....
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    Arming Teachers: Myths vs. Facts

    Robert Farago - 47
    Laura Carno, Executive Director of FASTERColorado.com, writes : There has been more national and local news coverage about arming school staff in the past two weeks than we have ever seen. Along with that...
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    New Law Prevents California Schools From Choosing to Allow Guns on Campus

    New Law Prevents California Schools From Choosing to Allow Guns on Campus: IMI Systems...

    Dan Zimmerman - 23
    "The Legislature's approval of AB 424 is a common-sense step, supported by campus police officers, to make sure schools are gun-free." - California Assemblyman Kevin McCarty in New laws in 2018 will affect guns, ammo and...
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    SUNY Adirondack’s officials have decided to spend more than $100,000 on stuff the college does not need. This stuff includes body armor, guns, Tasers and body cameras for its campus officers. The decision to arm and armor officers comes after research was done by Anne Marie Somma, vice president for administrative services, and a presentation was made to trustees. Somma talked about what officers had recommended, what other colleges have done and which weapons are considered most effective. What she didn’t talk about was the need for campus officers to wear bulletproof vests and carry lethal weapons. She didn’t bring up any history of violent crimes committed on campus, when a responding officer would have had use for a gun. She didn’t talk about the likelihood of an armed intruder or active shooter on a small college campus like SUNY Adirondack’s. The main justification for arming the officers appears to be an unscientific survey done of the college community. Even if this meaningless survey had been valid, it would have been a poor tool for making this decision. The percentage of students and teachers who want campus officers to carry guns is irrelevant. It’s the need for the guns that matters. Are campus officers likely to encounter situations when they will need a gun? Pause Current Time 0:00 / Duration Time 0:00 Stream TypeLIVE Loaded: 0%Progress: 0%0:00 Fullscreen 00:00 Mute No, they’re not. It’s very unlikely. But it’s telling that this decision was made on the basis of impressions and popular opinion. That’s the way it is with guns in America. They have become the default solution to any worry about the possibility of danger. Guns are not magic wands, but we see them that way. Wave the magic gun in the air and you will get the safety and security you desire. Listen to what Somma said in her presentation to the college trustees: “It is one method of thinking that drawing a weapon itself is enough to get someone to comply.” Just wave the magic gun and trouble evaporates. The bitter irony is that the proliferation of guns throughout American society has made us all less safe. Toddlers playing with their parents’ guns kill themselves or their siblings. Spouses kill each other in moments of rage. Fearful homeowners shoot people who are not intruders. Road rage degenerates into murder. People whose minds and souls are twisted obtain machines that allow them to kill scores of human beings in a matter of minutes, and they do it. The other thought that guides decisions like the one at SUNY Adirondack is that they have no downside. Even if the guns are never used, under this way of thinking, they’re worth the money as a precaution, like fire extinguishers. But the guns have a downside — the possibility an officer will make a mistake and commit an unjustified shooting. This happens, as anyone knows who watches the news. Officers who patrol dangerous neighborhoods, where people carry guns and use them in crimes, need to be armed themselves. But officers who patrol bucolic campuses where very little crime and even less violence occurs —campuses like SUNY Adirondack’s — don’t need the capacity to kill.

    There’s No Need for College Campus Police to be Armed: IMI Systems Quote of...

    Dan Zimmerman - 68
    "Officers who patrol dangerous neighborhoods, where people carry guns and use them in crimes, need to be armed themselves. But officers who patrol bucolic campuses where very little crime and even less violence occurs...
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    Michigan supreme court will hear guns in schools case

    Michigan Supreme Court Will Decide if Schools Can Ban Open Carry

    Dan Zimmerman - 18
    Guns can be carried openly in Michigan schools by concealed carry permit holders. A bill is moving through the Senate to legalize concealed carry as well. But some districts are flouting the law ....
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    New California Law Officially Disarms School Employees

    Robert Farago - 32
    "Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law Saturday that will remove the rights of school administrators to decide whether employees with concealed weapon permits can bring guns on campus," latimes.com reports. "State law already prohibited civilians who are not school workers...
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    IMI Systems Quote of the Day: Texas Tech Murderer Was “Encouraged By Our Legislators”

    Dan Zimmerman - 54
    "I think it's really important not to let our awareness of the loss and sorrow and grief that an event like this causes to distract us from the fact that it is preventable. Of...
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    UPDATE: Suspect Caught in Shooting Death of Texas Tech Campus Police Officer

    Dan Zimmerman - 39
    UPDATE: A suspect in the shooting death of a Texas Tech campus police officer is in custody. This from lubbockonline.com: Police have confirmed alleged shooter, Hollis Daniels, has been taken into custody after reportedly killing...
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    Quote of the Day: Of Campus Carry and Tornados

    Robert Farago - 58
    “One major concern that came from the survey is how can professors maintain control of the class. In a tornado, students want to go home, they want to leave, but the faculty can take...
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    San Antonio College Prof Wears Body Armor to Class as Campus Carry Protest

    Dan Zimmerman - 125
    When campus carry was signed into law and took effect at Texas four-year colleges and universities last year, students and faculty at UT's prestigious flagship campus in Austin registered their opposition by organizing feeble...
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    Federal Court Throws Out University of Texas Campus Carry Lawsuit 

    Dan Zimmerman - 62
    By Louis K. Bonham After almost a year, United States federal district Judge Lee Yeakel has finally ruled on the motions to dismiss a lawsuit filed by three University of Texas-Austin professors challenging Texas's “campus carry”...
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