(Second man to the podium is Joshua Wade a 22 year old open carry advocate. There were 25 other open carry activists there to support him.)
Courtesy of Raw Story:
“As a law abiding citizen, I’m very concerned that this board may attempt to circumvent state law in the area of firearms regulation,” Wade told the board. “Board members, I hope that you yourselves, like me, are law-abiding citizens.”
The otherwise quiet audience burst into laughter at Wade’s claim that “guns in schools just makes sense,” causing the board to call for silence.
“The reason we have seen so many tragic school shootings is that laws across the nation have made our schools mass murder enablement zones,” he insisted. “The more good people who carry in our schools, the fewer criminals will see those schools as easy targets.”
Although a few other open carry activists did address the board, the majority of speaker opposed guns in schools.
“Mr. Wade told [WXYZ] Channel 7 News that it was his Christian duty to do this,” one man noted. “I see that as an insult to people of faith everywhere.”
Apparently the testimony of Joshua Wade and his openly armed pals did not sway the Ann Arbor school board who passed a resolution asking to ban guns on school property.
You know try as they might nobody will ever convince me that, outside of law enforcement, allowing guns on school property is a good idea.
The difference would be that kids would be shot by teachers as well as by psychos because they would be caught in the crossfire. Yeah, I'm a teacher. Guns in schools is an incredibly dangerous and stupid idea. It would be only a matter of time before a kid got the teacher's gun and killed or injured someone. STUPID STUPID STUPID. and FUCK THE NRA (National Registry of Assholes)
ReplyDeleteI really want to take a look at this person's Bible and have him show me where its o.k. to love thy neighbor with an AK-47.
ReplyDeleteO/T (a bit) This is telling and all interrelated:
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That gun-toting idiot sure picked the wrong school board, Had he gone to Fenton MI, home of one of the largest gun stores in the state (according to a billboard on I-75), he would have been greeted with cheers. Good for the citizens of Ann Arbor!
ReplyDeleteHere in Traverse City MI, a gun toting resident went to a school board meeting about a year ago. Had I been at the meeting or a member of the board, I would have been furious because the man's armed presence would surely have stifled the free exchange of ideas. It seems to me that the First Amendment trumps a misinterpretation of the Second Amendment every time.
Beaglemom
I live about 25 miles from this fruitcake........not nearly far enough.
ReplyDeleteTerrible idea....teenagers aren't the masters of impulse control
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NBC REPORTS:
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And he's so damned polite about it. LOL They're not laughing with you, they're laughing AT you, towhead.
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