The school board on Monday unanimously approved a new policy that allows up to five district employees – designated by the superintendent – to carry a concealed firearm on school grounds. [More]I suppose it's better than nothing. Still...
[Via Keith B]
Better than nothing, and it IS California. That's remarkable in and of itself.
ReplyDeleteYou folks are missing it here: the superintendent gets to pick five persons _allowed_ to carry. What if he picks five persons who are anti-gun? Sorry to burst your "better than nothing" bubble, because it might simply be _nothing_.
ReplyDeleteThere is a fantasy world where there is no need for anyone to be armed.
ReplyDeleteThere is a fantasy world where there us a need for everyone to be armed.
There us a real world where there is a need for some to be armed.
Where in the continuum from fantasy to reality and onward to fantasy again is there a number appropriate for those who need to be armed?
I doubt that a California School Superintendent knows that number and who should be armed, or not.
Why not let each person decide for themselves whether they shall be armed, and let them be free to do so without punishment unless unjustified violence is inflicted with those arms?