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Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
students respond to “Lone gun defends Second Amendment”
De|ar Editor,
Dear Editor,
Dear Editor,
■I’m writing to you regard
ing the recent article titled
“Lone gun defends Second
Amendment.”
BShirley Katz believes she
needs a firearm to protect her-
self from her abusive husband.
I disagree.
■At the high school, her hus-
band is not likely to be able
to get near her and harm her.
He’s abusive, not murderous,
so if by chance he finds her in
the parking lot, can’t she use
altaser or mace to defend her
self?
■One could argue that he
could overpower her, but in
a public place like a crowded
high school, she shouldn’t have
much to fear. Allowing her to
carry a weapon into a high
school, where we are trying to
help our youth develop, sends
them the wrong message.
.< have no problem with guns
on a college campus, but at the
high school level they only
cBse more problems than they
solve.
Referring to “Lone gun defends
Second Amendment”:
While reading this article, a million
thoughts run through my head. I am
concerned knowing that the students I
sit in class with are carrying or could
be concealing a gun. However, it is also
reassuring knowing that if an incident
like Virginia Tech happened, I would be
protected by my fellow peers.
However, no law, no restriction, is
going to stop a person with the inten
tion to kill.
The article that I am referring to
is the “Lone gun defends Second
Amendment.”
I feel that guns are not necessary, and
I feel that they should not be allowed
on campus. I don’t think that anyone
should be allowed the right without
proper gun safety. Just having a permit
doesn’t make you Mr. know-it-all about
guns.
I personally don’t feel safe knowing
that the idiot next to me possibly has a
gun on them. It’s just not right.
Alicia Tailman
Erika Townsend
Firit
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South Medford High
School reicht: Shirlev
Kaar numttaw a seed
to c any a firearm to
«choolm order to pro
tect herself from her
abouve husband.
The school district
policy forbids this
out of concern for
i toil tot* safety
The mam ium in
Medford is the dis
trict ban on weapons
State law affirms
that Katz may have
her run as foug as
she Las the proper
he eate.
Katz went to court
Thursday. Oct. 11. to
argue thit her Second
Amendment rights,
•ccordine to Oregon
«ate and federal law,
are being violated by
ftoboa.
Until
Jackson
County Circuit Judge
G. Philip Arnold
makes his final deci
sion. she will be
allowed to bnng her
pattol to class
Deaendms
Arnold decide
Dear Editor,
Rachel Turc
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Ijgustin Torres
Bl just wanted to start off
by saying that the article titled
“Lone gun defends Second
Amendment” was really well-
written.
Bl listened to my class debate
about this topic and found that
most of them wanted guns to be
banned!
■I for one would not give up
my rights just to feel safe. My
rights are my safety.
Now, let’s look at how many
rights we have lost all to enforce
some sense of safety.
■rhe government can tap into
phone lines, torture is now per-
mitted, religious freedoms are
slowly being taken away. (Do
you have kids? Do they know
the Pledge of Allegiance?) What
amendment goes next?
■The amendments are there to
protect us. Laws cannot stop a
crazy person from being crazy!
Laws cannot prevent people
from going on campus and
gomg on a killing spree.
,Now, all I have left to ask
is, why are our rights there? To
protect us or to protect the gov
ernment? Why are our amend
ments, our rights being threat
ened?
Bs it because we are failing
as a society, or is it because
our government is failing as an
institution?
Anyone is welcome to
respond to any and all
content published in The
Clackamas Print,
Clackamas is the
only school in
Oregon to arm Its
campus safety
officers,
who are issued
Sig 226 pistols.
Accordmg to poöcy, students at Clackamas are allowed to cany firearms if they
have a concealed nandgun license.
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racks, epes cany or
overly vtitWr weapoai
regulations mav
not only ■: the "K-
Mid-
Ashbaugh agrees
that the current policy
is the «sly legal way id
go abour weapons ob
campus.
Oregon is one of
12 states that allows
people to carry
weapons to school.
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Dear Editor,
This is in reference to your article
regarding concealed weapons allowed
on campus property.
I would like to write this letter in
support of this policy. In the wake
of incidents such as Columbine and
Virginia tech, it is refreshing to see
that CCC is taking a stance against
such incidents occurring. I feel that
allowing a current CHL holder to
carry a concealed handgun on campus
is a deterrent against school shooting
incidents in itself.
Thank you for addressing this
issue.
Robert Stewart
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Dear Editor,
Dear Editor,
Dear Editor,
There is a saying, albeit one out of
many variations, stating, “Guns don’t
kill people; people kill people.”
While reading “Lone gun,” I found
myself tom between two critical points.
In sanctioning the carrying of guns at
school, are you encouraging or helping
prevent any firearm incidents?
I think that perhaps the process of
obtaining a concealed handgun license
is so intense and elaborate that it’s
almost safe to assume it’s a good thing
the firearm is in their hands over some
one else’s.
In the event of a Virginia Tech-esque
occurrence, I posit someone with a
concealed handgun license would have
been much more useful inside Virginia
Tech than the legions of la^ enforce
ment that anyone could have posted
outside.
Due to the fact that your paper
has an article on guns covering the
front page, I was writing to give
you my personal point of view.
This article was truly unneces
sary! Perhaps the reason was valid,
but this was just an invitation for
more people to bring them with
or without a concealed handgun
license.
Also, if the college wants to
allow it, that’s their choice, but let’s
not give crazy people the option.
We haven’t had any problems
yet. There is no reason to make it
pronounced and give it the oppor
tunity.
I recently read your article “lone
gun defends second amendment.”
I find this to be a very interesting
topic with many different view
points.
My personal opinion is that i
think the teacher being able to bring
a gun to school is just slightly
excessive. I would think that a taser
or a weapon that shoots rubber bul
lets would send the same message
across without killing the guy.
I also tend to think about the
students in this scenario. If the man
was to come to the class and the
teacher was to shoot the person,
this could scar some of the students
for life. Another thought is, what is
going to stop students from bringing
weapons to school if the teachers
can have them?
Do we want to have a learning
environment where guns are drawn
to settle an argument?
Shannon Mullicon
Ryan Inahara
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