Give us the right to go armed...
“God protected us in our classroom,” he said. “We wish we could protect ourselves with guns and stuff. We wish that the law would let us carry guns because we’re legal adults, [to] carry guns on campus to protect ourselves. But so far all we have to rely on is God. But we would love to have God and the law on our side.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/09/student-hammers-no-guns-on-campus-policy-on-...
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Of the Troops & For the Troops
That was broadcast on Fox News as well...
Ignorance is what stands in the way of that. People don't know that the CHP holders have to be 21 and pass the background check, etc. to get the license. What they think of is drunk college students playing "cowboy" on the quad...
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Sincerely,
Hobie
Right after 9/11 our dept was giving lip service
To security. All we said was let the people with carry permits carry in the building! Wouldn't have cost them a dime. Of course that would not be politically correct.
Duiring the first gulf war my armory OIC had those of us
with CHPs carry but we didn't limit it to handguns, we had ARs, shotguns, etc. Of course nothing happened, we wouldn't have been a priority target anyway, but everybody felt safer than counting on a glass door.
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Sincerely,
Hobie
for the emergency management agency here their
Plan for active shooter scenario is quite simple - here is the list of staff with carry permits, get to them ASAP (the EMA can technically carry on the job anyway).