Bush Summit To Discuss Solutions For School Violence
— Great opportunity for GOA to show politicos facts, not emotions
Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
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As GOA pointed out last week:
1. No amount of gun control would have stopped Charles Carl Roberts from acquiring guns to commit his atrocity. Roberts had a clean record and would have passed any and every background check.
2. The so-called “gun free school zones” have to go. Such disarmament zones never stop bad guys from taking guns into a restricted area. In fact, statistics show that the jurisdictions that ban guns tend to be the same areas with the highest murder or crime rates (Washington, D.C., England, etc.).
3. The only school shootings that have been stopped prematurely were ended because law-abiding citizens had guns — such as in Pearl Mississippi (1997) and at the Appalachian School of Law (2002), where faculty and responsible adults were able to bring their own defensive firearms to bear. This is an idea that Americans support, as 85% of the American public find it appropriate for a principal or teacher to use “a gun at school to defend the lives of students” in stopping a school massacre (Research 2000 Poll).
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It is interesting that people seem to feel that we can not trust Principals, Teachers, and Custodians. Should they choose to do so, I’d trust them with the tools that they need to protect the children in their care. I think they can tell the bad guys from the kids. Bad guys where black hats, right?
Further, I would presume that bringing a weapon on school grounds is protected by the Second Amendment. Using it to harm others has not.
Hence just in case any trial lawyers want to make a case for suing a person defending themselves or others, I make a rule granting them immunity from criminal prosecution or civil action should they make a reasonable mistake.
“Oh I’m sorry I shot you Mister Wack Job before you actually killed any little children with your Uzi that you brought into my school.” should not be a grievance heard by courts. It should be a story for the Leno or Letterman show.
Reinke Faces Life 