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From: CJ Dunnaway on 15 Aug 2008 20:05 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/ts_nm/texas_guns_dc_2 Texas school district to let teachers carry guns
From: Lachlan - KotU on 16 Aug 2008 08:09 "CJ Dunnaway" <cj_dunnaway-news(a)yaWHOhoo.com> wrote in message news:uRopk.17931$cW3.14365(a)nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com... > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/ts_nm/texas_guns_dc_2 > Texas school district to let teachers carry guns I loved this line "Texas bars guns at schools without the school's permission." "Please sir, can I bring my gun with me tomorrow?" I'd have got bullied a lot less if I'd had a .44 magnum.
From: csaenemy on 16 Aug 2008 09:20 "Lachlan - KotU" <hamfish(nospam)@gmail.com> wrote in news:MuudnU_zk- fyXjvVnZ2dnUVZ8sTinZ2d(a)posted.plusnet: > > > "CJ Dunnaway" <cj_dunnaway-news(a)yaWHOhoo.com> wrote in message > news:uRopk.17931$cW3.14365(a)nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com... >> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/ts_nm/texas_guns_dc_2 >> Texas school district to let teachers carry guns > > I loved this line > "Texas bars guns at schools without the school's permission." > > > "Please sir, can I bring my gun with me tomorrow?" > I'd have got bullied a lot less if I'd had a .44 magnum. > > I remember Texas bars. I don't think you can get them any more. -- Don�t worry about avoiding temptation as you grow older, it will avoid you. Winston Churchill
From: Rowland McDonnell on 16 Aug 2008 10:10 Ariel <esprite(a)mailhaven.com> wrote: > CJ Dunnaway wrote: > > >http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/ts_nm/texas_guns_dc_2 > >Texas school district to let teachers carry guns > > It may give cause for some pupils, and their parents, to think twice > before giving a teacher undue hassle. Guns for teachers is ludicrous. If you're going to send your kids to a school, do you want them in a place where the teachers are authorised and equipped (as a matter of routine) to use lethal force against them? Or would you rather the teachers were allowed to do things the old fashioned way? When I was at school, the teachers didn't get much hassle because they were allowed to hit the kids. This is problematic with the bigger ones - but it did mean that the PE staff were allowed to break up a big fight between the 3rd and 4th years (many of whom were bigger and stronger than the PE staff) by steaming into the ruck wiedling hockey sticks. Better than guns, and it worked. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Whiskers on 16 Aug 2008 13:22
On 2008-08-16, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet> wrote: > Lachlan - KotU <hamfish(nospam)@gmail.com> wrote: > >> "CJ Dunnaway" <cj_dunnaway-news(a)yaWHOhoo.com> wrote: >> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/ts_nm/texas_guns_dc_2 >> > Texas school district to let teachers carry guns >> >> I loved this line >> "Texas bars guns at schools without the school's permission." >> >> "Please sir, can I bring my gun with me tomorrow?" >> I'd have got bullied a lot less if I'd had a .44 magnum. > > I'd've preferred a saber with the training to use it properly. > > If you shoot a .44 magnum in a school as a schoolchild, you'll do two > things: kill anyone the bullet hits, and (probably) break your wrist[1]. > Not good. > > But if you've got a sword and the training to use it, it is easy to use > the weapon as an effective weapon of defence *without killing*. > > Unlike with a gun where most people seem to think you just have to know > how to pull a trigger, it's obvious you've got to have training and > practice to use a sword effectively. > > Rowland. > > [1] My dad, a very beefily built chap, fired a .38 magnum (IIRC) on a > target shooting range once, back when handguns were still legal. He > said it nearly broke *his* wrist - which was a bit of a shock. You've > got to hold it just so to avoid the problems. Even a .22 can raise a bruise on the hand or shoulder. That strange flap on the right shoulder of a traditional trench-coat is to hold padding so that firing the .303 rifle doesn't hurt quite so much. Whatever happened to the quarterstaff? (Now there's an idea for a keep-fit hobby ... <http://www.quarterstaff.org/index.html>). -- -- ^^^^^^^^^^ -- Whiskers -- ~~~~~~~~~~ |