Should visitors to schools be prohibited from bringing firearms on the property?

[CreekDog]

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	Schools should have the right to prohibit carrying firearms on their property (excepting law enforcement)
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	Schools should not have the right to prohibit carrying firearms on their property
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[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

1. Hey,

I voted prohibit. Ideas are exchanged, not bullets!

[In_The_Wind]

2. Kicked & Recommended

[HereSince1628]

3. Here is something that will probably disturb you...from Bemidji State

Resident Life Housing and Amenities webpage

http://www.bemidjistate.edu/students/reslife/housing/services.cfm

It's the other side of what schools have the right to do.

The amenities are listed alphabetically, these occur way down at the bottom of the page...

"Weapon Storage

Weapons storage lockers are located in a secure section of Walnut Hall. Lockers may be reserved at the Department of Public Safety at no charge. Students must provide their own locks. Weapons may be obtained or returned at any time by providing the proper identification.

Wild Game Cleaning Room

A room for the cleaning of fish and game is located in Walnut Hall. The room has cleaning tables and a sink with hot and cold water."

[Brickbat]

4. That? Is AWESOME.

[HereSince1628]

7. It catches some off-guard, but it also reflects the north woods lifestyle

of many of the resident students.

Student safety is and should always a serious concern of school administrations, but how that concern is addressed varies across the country.

[bemildred]

5. There should be no guns in school.

Fear and education are incompatible.

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. Why the fuck would any rational person need to bring a gun to a school?

Are they afraid of getting shot? THEN DON'T GO!


Sheesh. What a silly question.

Actually, the question itself isn't silly. What is silly is the idea that it needs to be asked in the first place.

[cynatnite]

8. The middle and high schools here have safety officers who carry guns...

They're fully trained policemen, too. I trust them around my kid because of that.

That's as far as I'm willing to go when it comes to guns in schools.

[Warren Stupidity]

13. They are fully trained in sending your children to jail.

I suggest keeping your kids as far away from the "safety officer" as they can possibly get and to request a lawyer be present anytime said safety officer interacts with your child. But heck its your kid.

[cynatnite]

14. I don't have the same amount of mistrust of the police that many here do...

I'm not a paranoid person either.

Not only that, looking back at the history of the safety officers in our schools, there never has been a major incident in our years of living here. In other words, they've never arrested a single kid at school in the 13 years we've been here.

[Bandit]

11. Anyone that packs a gun is definitely afraid

Carrying a gun is how they compensate for their fear. "The Home of the Brave" really isn't....

[Quantess]

15. What if they just "grab their package"?

At that point...
How about, the first grade teacher tells the boy "That's inappropriate!"

Yeah, sorry. I am tired.

[Hoyt]

9. Schools ought to be teaching gunz aren't the answer, NRA is a right wing front organization, etc.

[Quantess]

10. No, let's not spoil the fun for vengeful psychos.

Life is more exciting that way, knowing that you could get shot.

[Warren Stupidity]

12. duh.