School officials are no fans of gun ban signs

[The Straight Story]

A black gun with a red slash through it.

It is a sign of the times, as well as a sign that is sure to become ubiquitous.

School officials want the public to know that in compliance with state law (House Bill 0183), schools, churches, government agencies and liquor stores statewide will be posting 4-by-6-inch stickers reminding the public, particularly those with a concealed-carry license, that there are limits on where a gun can be carried.

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Others expect to have them visible within the next few weeks.

While complying with state law isn’t a point of contention, some school administrators find the sticker’s image to be a bit alarming.

“One of my biggest concerns as a principal is safety and security,” Tinley Park High School Principal Theresa Nolan said. “It is bothersome to have to post a sticker of a gun that says, ‘Hey, folks, leave your guns at home.’ ”

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Nolan, and others, take issue with the sticker’s design.

“I would have appreciated something more subtle, yet still recognizable — a logo, perhaps, not a gun,” she said.

http://southtownstar.suntimes.com/news/25301892-418/school-officials-are-no-fans-of-gun-ban-signs.html

[frazzled]

1. Huh?

“It is bothersome to have to post a sticker of a gun that says, ‘Hey, folks, leave your guns at home.’ ”

Really? Putting up a sticker is too bothersome for this principle? You wanted something more subtle? Are these people nuts?

[Boom Sound 416]

8. Principal

[frazzled]

9. Heh, I'm laughing at my typo /nt

[Boom Sound 416]

10. Remember in school: pal because s/he's your pal

[Whiskeytide]

11. I don't think he meant "bothersome"...

... He meant "troubling". Just my take based on the context.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Given the "in your face" nature of the FGN's lately...

it will probably attract more of them.

[Hoyt]

3. I think Nolan is full of it. And if some parent gets upset, they are too.

[upaloopa]

4. How about a picture of a gun nut in a circle with a red line through it?

When ever I see one of those signs it reminds me that the NRA and it's money tramp all over the wishes of most of us.
I am one who understands the concept of the tyranny of the majority, but it somehow doesn't seem right that we have to accept guns everywhere we go.

[friendly_iconoclast]

13. You've got Michael Bloomberg's money to counter the NRA

And Bloomie's got more!

[hunter]

5. We've had those at our schools for years.

The grocery store I shop at has "No Firearms" signs on the front doors and the manager and assistant managers are hard people who are friendly with the local police. I wouldn't want to test them.

[seveneyes]

6. Because those that would murder obey the little signs telling them not to

Such genius.

[Dr. Strange]

7. It has a red slash.

Even the most hardened criminal knows and honors the red slash. It's red, for God's sake!

[X_Digger]

12. "No tolerance" means no thinking.

Gun?!? Someone drew a picture of a gun and put it in our wall?!?

SUSPENSIONS FOR EVERYONE!