Ravenwood - 07/11/05 06:15 AM
Stella Edwards is the "legislative liaison" for the Virginia PTA. She seems to think that people who bother to get training, undergo a background investigation, and pay for a handgun permit are a threat to the safety of Virginia's government school students.
Q. What would you say to gun owners who say they are law-abiding citizens whose permits should allow them to carry a gun anywhere they go?I think it's worth pointing out that carrying a concealed handgun on school grounds is still illegal. The change in the law simply permits a person who is carrying a firearm to pull into the parking lot or traffic circle without facing felony charges. You still cannot carry your handgun without breaking the law.A. To those law-abiding, permit-carrying citizens . . . the Virginia PTA would strongly request that they put the health, safety and welfare of all students, teachers and other school personnel at a higher priority than their personal desire to simply not be inconvenienced.
We would pray that these law-abiding citizens would accept the responsibility of taking a few minutes to unload their legally permitted firearms and place them in a secure, locked location in their car before entering school property.
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"To those law-abiding, permit-carrying citizens . . . the Virginia PTA would strongly request that they put the health, safety and welfare of all students, teachers and other school personnel at a higher priority than their personal desire to simply not be inconvenienced."
I thought that's what we were carring for in the first place! Does she think it's easy to do this every day? You need to pay extra-special attention to everything you do, wear, say, etc. If it were easy, it wouldn't be a responsibility. I don't carry to only protect myself. I'm a 23 yr. old, 6'4", 230 lbs. USMC combat vet. Nobody's gonna try to mug me, gun or no gun. They'd go after this bitch with out a second thought, though. Do I have to point out that shooting up schools isn't what "law-abiding, permit-carrying citizens" do?
"We would pray that these law-abiding citizens would accept the responsibility..."
already covered this thought.
"...of taking a few minutes to unload their legally permitted firearms..."
Why? Is it gonna go off as soon as I touch it? Or while I'm walking around?
"...and place them in a secure, locked location in their car before entering school property."
Here's hoping no kids see you do that and then leave the car. If they want a gun, they'll wait till your outta earshot and break your window. Locks keep honest people honest.
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