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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Guns for our Teachers

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Guns for our Teachers:


Guns for our Teachers

There are few people in the Legislature who do not seem to represent the best thinking.

To whit:
  • Newly-elected Rep Liz Pike, R-Camas wants "trained" teachers to carry guns in their classrooms.
From the Times:

GOP state Rep. Liz Pike helped to kick off the state gun-laws conversation last month with a widely read Facebook post that floated the idea of allowing teachers to carry guns in the classroom if they undergo training and pass a psychological evaluation. The program, modeled after one in place for airline pilots, would be