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New California Law Officially Disarms School Employees

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California's Kern High School football team (courtesy kernhigh.com)

“Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law Saturday that will remove the rights of school administrators to decide whether employees with concealed weapon permits can bring guns on campus,” latimes.com reports. “State law already prohibited civilians who are not school workers from bringing firearms onto campuses, but a change in the law last year gave school district superintendents power to decide if employees could bring concealed weapons onto campuses.”

Assemblyman Kevin McCarty (D- Sacramento) authored the bill. He reckons it increases safety . . .

Five California school districts — including the Kingsburg Joint Union and Kern school districts — have begun to issue authorizations for some school employees to bring guns on campuses, McCarty said. He said it has increased the chance of school shootings.

“A safe learning environment is essential for our children to be successful in the classroom,” McCarty said. “That’s not possible if a school district allows armed civilians to roam California school campuses.”

Armed civilians roaming school campuses? I think he meant to say background-checked school administrators going about their work, prepared and determined to protect their students by force of arms.

Educators who now must either break the law and risk losing their job and career, or disarm and re-open the possibility of an school shooter killing and maiming students, with no chance of immediate ballistic intervention.

And if there’s a school shooting in California — especially one in a school where staff have been disarmed by this law — remember this day and these legislators. Even absent that, shame on them all.

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Robert Farago

Robert Farago is the former publisher of The Truth About Guns (TTAG). He started the site to explore the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns.

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  1. I think everybody on all sides can come together in the spirit of unity and agree that at least the NRA got the “Jack boooted thugs” part correct.

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  2. When Clinton was President Wayne LaPierre he said President Clinton wanted a certain level of killing in the United States. I think Governor Brown and assemblyman McCarthy also want a certain level of killing in the state of California. This way it is easier to control the population of the state after the civilians are disarmed.

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  3. “Alleged Sexual Predator and Hollywood Mogul Harvey Weinstein Threatens NRA (Again)”

    I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable. – a TTAG commenter (name forgotten, but comment remembered) a few years ago

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  4. Mirren – Bother! They’re just standing still as statues. Where’s the sport in that?

    Malkovich – Don’t worry, I’ve been dying to try out these new Orange Crush incendiaries since I heard Minute Maid got into the gun business. They’ll all be dancing about for you in a second.

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  5. “We can say confidently that” . . . you’re a hipster douche who is INFECTED WITH THE POS (D) PROBLEM.

    THE PROBLEM DOESN’T GET TO DEFINE THE PROBLEM OR OFFER ANY SOLUTIONS.

    YOUR MOTHER WAITED TOO LONG TO HAVE AN ABORTION. SHE STILL OWES US ONE.

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  6. Arkansas, seems to really be getting into ammo and firearms. I like that, the mores the better I say. I’d like them to do some obsolete type cartridges since they can roll their own cases. Nagants, Jap shit pistols, stuff that’s hard to find……… Does anyone like privi partizan ammo? I got some 7. 62x 25 hp’s that didn’t impress me that much, velocity was closer to the Mauser round

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  7. The view from downunder. The purpose of the post Port-Arthur firearms laws was to encourage gun owners to leave the sport and to deter people from taking up the sport. In fact this stated aim was mentioned publicly many times.

    But this became the new normal and people started to take an interest and go through the process of obtaining a firearms license and acquiring firearms. The clubs and organizations which used to be dismissive of new members changed their approach and gave new members every kind of advice and assistance. The only dumb questions are the ones you don’t ask.

    The increase in the number of guns owns is also explained by the state of the firearms market. Previously guns could be sold privately between licensed persons and there was no registration. With the post-1996 laws there was registration and to purchase a firearm you had to apply for a permit-to-acquire. The transfer had to be done via a dealer. This made the market for used firearms almost non-existent so people instead would hold on to previous purchases that would have been on-sold when no longer required. So people owning a dozen or more firearms is not uncommon. But usually about half would be usable and the others in “project-pending” status.

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