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Sep
11
Obama’s Original School Speech-Zero Tolerance for Dissent-The Audacity of Expectations
September 11, 2009 | 2 Comments
The Left is nothing if not clever in the way they frame the ideological debate between Conservatism and their “Progressive” ideology. The “Zero Tolerance” policy regarding weapons on school grounds is a classic example. The Educational Establishment, made up of Left-wing administrators and teachers’ union members, forbids discussion of, artistic portrayal of, or display of [...]
Apr
1
Tim, an Idaho school teacher, commented on his school district’s approval of a field trip experience that involved his students shooting under the supervision of a local sheriff’s department. (See my post: “Zero Tolerance = Zero Intelligence,” under the Category: “Guns in schools.”) The post referred to the hoplophobic response by the Cherry Creek School District in [...]
Feb
26
Colorado SB 9-237 clears Judiciary Committee-a small victory for liberty and the Young Marines
February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Last night, the Colorado State Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 9-237. This bill restored a sliver of sanity to regulations about the possession of simulated guns on school grounds, while illustrating just how paranoid the schools and state government have become following the Columbine Massacre. The bill’s prime sponsors were Republican Senator Lundberg and Republican Representative Acree.
The [...]
Feb
12
Zero Tolerance = Zero Intelligence
February 12, 2009 | 4 Comments
By now, you have heard the story of Marie Morrow, the Cherokee Trail high school senior in Aurora, Colorado suspended for ten days after classmates saw three cadet-type drill team training “rifles” in her vehicle in the school parking lot. Ms. Morrow is a “leader in the Douglas County Young Marines,” which, oddly enough, has [...]
Dec
15
Students for Concealed Carry on Campus sue CU
December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Last Thursday, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus filed a lawsuit against the University of Colorado for prohibiting persons with concealed carry permits from exercising their right to self-defense on the campuses of the CU system. You will remember that an appeal by this group to the CU Board of Regents failed earlier this [...]
Aug
19
Will CU allow concealed carry on campus?
August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
A story by Brittany Anas from The Boulder Daily Camera that was printed in the Rocky Mountain News indicates that the Colorado Springs Chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus plans to petition CU Regents to allow permit holders to carry on school property controlled by the University of Colorado. I agree with the opinion expressed in [...]
Aug
11
National Research Council nixes national ballistic database for now!
August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The National Research Council (NRC), in a report released in March of this year and reported in Science Daily, has recommended against the creation of a nation-wide database made up of ballistic images of all “new and imported guns” sold in the U.S. ”Current technology” apparently “may not reliably distinguish very fine differences in large volumes [...]
Jul
24
There is an interesting remark concerning gun safety education in the Executive Summary of the massive National Academy of Sciences study. (1) The NAS Executive Summary opined that school firearms safety education may not be desirable, because it may increase interest in guns and “risky” behavior, and may, in fact, promote youthful handling of guns (gasp!) and hence, [...]
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