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To: JRandomFreeper
Don't ever question my commitment to the 2nd amendment.

If I were on the school board, in this day and age of litigation, yes, I would require demonstrated proficiency with a firearm before allowing staff to carry. Don't like it, don't carry on the job or take a job somewhere else.

I have been around ranges long enough (35+ years) and people who think they know how to shoot well enough to know... There are a lot of people out there that should not have firearms. Or, more precisely, who are in desperate need of training and regular practice. Someone who has sat through all of 4 hours of classroom training and made a couple of trips to the range, fired a grand total of a thousand rounds and got their CC permit? They are not safe in a crowded, stressful situation.

So yes, the right to keep and bear arms is fundamental. I'm not advocating the government infringe on that at all. An employer - ie. the school district - in a voluntary situation (your employment) yeah, I have no problem with that. Employees routinely sign NDAs giving up free speech as a condition of employment. Empoloyees routinely consent to random drug screens or personal searches giving up 4th amendment protections as a condition of employment. If a company is going to spend a hundred million on R&D, yeah, they should be able to keep that to themselves. If you're going to be piloting a few hundred people around the sky, yeah, you better be drug-free. You going to be shooting in a tense situation around a hall/room full of kids? You better be a good shot.

12 posted on 02/02/2014 8:14:20 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: ThunderSleeps

You can read how Texas does it by clicking on the link on post 14. It speaks to the training of employees in school allowed to carry.


15 posted on 02/02/2014 8:20:09 PM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: ThunderSleeps
Don't ever question my commitment to the 2nd amendment.

I do.

If you worry more about lawyers and litigation than children, I will question it.

So, hero from the range... who gets to have firearms?

Here's a hint.... if anyone is shooting at a school, it's an unsafe situation.

Who is going to require your standards? Government schools.

/johnny

16 posted on 02/02/2014 8:20:44 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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