But great job, Eric. Too bad you didn’t get to really ask them.

In the context of a school shooting, for example, he said the prospect of additional weapons in the hands of faculty or even students could “exacerbate the situation” when police arrive on scene and are trying to quickly identify the assailant.

You know, it’s actually a good thing when that is the primary objection that the other side raises to CCW-in-school laws. They are not attempting to refute the idea that a CCW holder would save lives by reducing or even preventing a rampage. Rather, they are worrying about the heroic CCW holder getting shot by mistake by the police. That fear is easy to refute.

It seems they are accepting the idea that having a CCW holder around would be good for the disarmed victims, even if they won’t admit it out loud…

There’s no loophole to begin with. There is no law stating you must go through a background check in a private sale – therefore, NOT doing a background check isn’t skirting the law… there’s no law in the first place.

To the gun nuts, “gun control” is synonymous with seizure of weapons. They do this on purpose to frighten people.

I suppose the point of all that “compelling testimony” wasn’t to frighten people?

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Proposed bill OKs guns in schools
Proposal would allow permit holders to carry
Matthew Benson
The Arizona Republic
Jan. 26, 2008 12:00 AM

Individuals with a concealed-weapons permit would be allowed to bring their guns onto school grounds under a measure introduced Friday at the Arizona Legislature.

The proposal, Senate Bill 1214, would exempt concealed-carry permit holders from a state law that bars individuals from knowingly carrying deadly weapons onto school property. If it becomes law, the measure would allow teachers and anyone else with a valid permit to carry their weapon onto the grounds of any public or private K-12 school, college or university in the state.

Supporters say the measure would provide an additional ring of security on campuses hit with a string of shootings in recent years. The most recent of which was last year’s at Virginia Tech, which left 33 dead. The shootings have come in spite of heightened campus security and policies that are increasingly aimed at scrubbing any and all weapons from school grounds.

“Apparently, it hasn’t really protected us . . . ” noted Senate Majority Leader Thayer Verschoor, a Gilbert Republican and co-sponsor of the proposal. The primary sponsor is Sen. Karen Johnson, R-Mesa.

Verschoor noted that concealed-carry permit holders must pass a criminal background check and take a gun-safety course, among other requirements.

But Rep. David Lujan, a Phoenix Democrat and president of the Phoenix Union High School District board, said he is “uncomfortable with having weapons on school campuses.”

In the context of a school shooting, for example, he said the prospect of additional weapons in the hands of faculty or even students could “exacerbate the situation” when police arrive on scene and are trying to quickly identify the assailant.

“I think this is a discussion we need to have,” Verschoor said.

I dozed off at this point and had a dream where I became a Crusading Second Amendment Journalist:

Me: OK, Mr. Verschoor and Rep Lujan, lets have this discussion.

Mr. V: Um, okay.

Me: Mr. Voorschoor, many anti-self-defense people including you, claim weapons in the hands of non-LEOs could “exacerbate the situation.”

Mr. V: Right!

Me: Would you please point out how Jean Assam and her fellow CHL holders exacerbated the situation at the New Life Church in Colorado?

Mr. V: Er, well, that was just one instance…

Me: OK, howzabout that offduty policeman in civilian clothes, who essentially looked like a citizen with a gun, exacerbated the situation at that Mall in Utah?

Mr. V: Um…

Me: Or how about the Appalachia Law School shooting, where the gunman gave up when approached by armed students? What was the exacerbation? The high school in Mississippi where the assistance principal ran to his car and got a gun, and the violent student gave up to him?

Mr. V: Urk!

Me. Mr.Vershoor, can you name a single instance where an armed citizen, particularly a CHL holder, “exacerbated” a situation when the police arrived on scene? Have you ever actually looked for such a situation?

Mr. V: I have to go to a faculty meeting. Bye!

Me. Mr. Lujan, you state you are “uncomfortable with having weapons on school campus.”

Mr.L.: Darn right.

Me: Since your comment is in the context of this bill, I assume you really mean you are “uncomfortable with faculty members and adult students who have been background checked, have no felonies, no violent misdemeanors, no known psychological problems, and who have been trained in the state law’s use of force provisions.” In other words, law abiding, upstanding and active citizens? Is that who you are uncomfortable with?

Mr. L.: Well, aahh, gun, humma humma, bad..those people always vote against taxes, er wait, is that my cell phone ringing?

Me. Since you are uncomfortable with legally vetted law abiding adults having guns on campus, I guess you would be more comfortable with a gun-free environment?

Mr. L: Well yes, certainly! Much more comfortable.

Me: So you would be more comfortable with lotsa of little bleeding student bodies laying around, like at Virginia Tech, that Amish school, Columbine…

Mr. L: Ooh! Look! Yet another Democratic presidential debate is on! Gotta catch this one, laterbye!

In Virginia, lawmakers have rejected modest legislation

Damn right! Each and every attempt at a toe or finger hold will be met with toes and fingers stepped on. HARD!

And the little pig cried “Boo hoo hoo” alllllll t he way home!

The “Gun Show” loophole is an urban myth thats been around a long time now. Anyone who does even a little research will discover that the majority of vendors at gun shows who sell firearms are licensed dealers. If you think shouting “gun control” scares gun owners, what does screaming “gun show loophole” do to anti gun forces. BTW, I’m sorry there a little thing like a constitutional amendment that keeps you from seizing all the legally owned guns out there; and if you were to try, well lets just say we overthrew one tryannical government – I guess we could do it again.

Just for the sake of argument though, if you want to add some gun laws I have a few suggestions:
1 – Add mental health and Alcohol/Drug Rehab records to the instant check data base (Oops can’t violate HIPPA though can we?) (Bet you didn’t know the NRA suports this).

2 – Amend the law so individuals can check a prospective buyer through the instant check IF they want to (NRA supports this too). Currently only licensed dealers can.

3 – Remove the restrictions on where lawful permit holders can carry (i.e. Schools) to reduce the number of “Gun Free Zones.”

Oh, and they didn’t even need gun control to seize the guns in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina…

And the crap that the antis post is’nt done “on purpose” to “frighten people”? That’s the anti’s whole strategy, scare people into supporting their agenda. To the antis “gun control” IS synonymous with seizure of weapons!

Any decient, law-abiding citizens, SHOULD be scared of any attempt to take away our freedoms guarenteed by the Constitution! Because as soon as one is taken away “for our own good” what’s to keep the others from being taken away for the same reason?