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by tornado
Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:40 pm
Forum: 2017 Legislative Wish List
Topic: Concealed carry by school employees
Replies: 58
Views: 25944

Re: Concealed carry by school employees

apvonkanel wrote:This has certainly strayed from the original intent of the question (allowing greater defense of k-12 schools)...
Although not specifically what you're asking, HB 560 would make it legal (even if still against policy).

I doubt we'll see something as specific as you outlined.
by tornado
Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:37 pm
Forum: 2017 Legislative Wish List
Topic: Concealed carry by school employees
Replies: 58
Views: 25944

Re: Concealed carry by school employees

"Someone might misuse it" isn't a good reason to deny a constitutional right.

Arguments similar to yours could be made for lots of places people might misbehave. Let me think of some...
  • Polling place
    Court/Court office
    Racetrack
    Within 1,000 feet of execution of death sentence
    Business that makes at least 51% of revenue from on-premise alcohol consumption sales
    Sporting event
    Hospital
    Amusement park
    Church
    Meeting of a governmental entity if the meeting is an open meeting
Your reasoning is why I, as a non-drinker, have to look for 51% signs. Carrying under the influence is already illegal. So is being negligent with a firearm, in or out of a school.

And despite your examples, LTC holders are 21 times less likely to commit a crime than the general public.

Twenty-one times.

It seems crazy to me that I can carry at a park, a mall, or any number of other places where kids roam free but NOT in the school where my wife teaches or the schools that my kids attend just because someone else might be irresponsible.

(And although I'm currently in an armchair, I'll add that I've worked in higher ed & K12 and that I have at least a dozen teachers and librarians in my extended family... including my parents and MIL.)

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