Posted on 05/15/2009 4:40:41 AM PDT by markomalley
Sorry for the vanity, but this just happened. Thought some folks would be interested here.
School on lockdown -- apparently a kid with a gun in the school.
More to follow
Ya know. Back in the day I used to take my guns to school. My buddies and I many times would leave right after football (or whichever sport we happened to be practicing at the time) and either go do a little target practicing or hunting. Now it makes front page news world wide when a gun is carried onto a campus.
I think, in my opinion, the only way to insure that your child is as safe as you can make him/her is either persuade your local school board to allow all students to carry weapons or keep your children home and teach them yourself.
ping
Just got a text from daughter: senior prank (no, she’s not a senior).
Years and years ago (1930s - 1940s), my father used to take me to the races at Laurel, MD. Do they still have a track there?
Yup. There was talk about them moving the Preakness down there so they could refurb Pimlico, but nothing ever happened of that. Now it looks like they're going to put slots in there, but I'm not even sure about that 100%.
The track is still there,but tgeres been plenty of additional development due to the growth in government in nearby DC.. Right up the road the other way is the Laurel Mall, where Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer..Laurel’s claim to fame.
I live in Laurel.
Laurel is about equadistant from Washington and Baltimore. The City of Laurel is in Prince George’s county, but “Greater aurel” encompasses parts of Anne Arundel, Howard, and arguably even Montgomery Counties.
Laurel is about equadistant from Washington and Baltimore. The City of Laurel is in Prince George’s county, but “Greater Laurel” encompasses parts of Anne Arundel, Howard, and arguably even Montgomery Counties.
I’m just about 3 minutes from Laurel Park.
That’s not far from here.
Right on the PG-Anne Arundel line.
Fox 5 DC or Fox 45 Baltimore?
I often use the shopping center wherethis happened. It's on route 1 and he was speaking in front of the Giant when he was shot.
Laurel is also famous for Laurel Park (the racetrack, home of the Maryland Million) and for Monpelier Mansion, where Abigail Adams stayed the last night oebfore joining John at the White House. Montpelier is now a house/museum an an arts facility.
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