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“I Brought A Gun to School Today”

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7GiO3drk7M

A TTAG reader writes:

“Thought you might be interested. Since I’m irritated Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed a bill that would allow me to carry a gun concealed in a school, I decided I would open carry to visit my kindergarten daughter for her book fair. My “high capacity” Taurus 845 with 12 rounds didn’t jump out of the holster. It didn’t even tug at the retention strap. I never lost my gun, the Sheriff’s deputy never drew her gun on me and I was never detained or held from going about my business.”

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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 this is why all geekily minded former high school kids of a certain age loved the vulcans, but really just wanted to be klingons.

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  2. Cheech looks pretty good in that black suit and blue tie…he was heard saying “Hey dudette, keep that finger off the trigger.”

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    • FLASH: Guns will NEVER AGAIN be separated from politics. NEVER. Accept it and get used to it. You’re almost as bad as the banners, wishing guns away by clicking their heels together three times.

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      • “Aaaahhh, you’re never allowed to just have fun with your hobby, you must constantly maintain vigilance! Even in your sleep! Don’t you know the cost of every round shot at the range is three uniquely written letters to your Senators and Representatives!”

        We gotta fight the fight, but not taking the time to enjoy why we’re fighting the fight means we’re doomed.

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  3. For a while, I was thinking, “this is really pretty cool,” until I snapped back to reality: “this is perfectly normal, everyday behavior in a polite, armed society.”

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  4. I have zero problems with “dog”control for the simple reason that predator animals are autonomous weapons that can go down the street and assault, maim, or kill your neighbor of its own volition–something a firearm cannot do.

    A firearm is always in the owner’s control; dogs are not.

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  5. I would only add, this is one benefit of shooting at an outdoor range.
    Most indoor ranges are not set up to deviate from your one shooting lane.
    Outdoor ranges did more for my shooting skills than the indoor ranges.
    It’s the one place you can practice “real life” shooting with real live bullets,
    from multiple different angles to your position, like real life would be.

    I’ve heard that Gander Mountain has 360 deg. virtual shooting ranges,
    but I haven’t gone to one yet. Does anyone have experience with those?

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  6. Anyone else notice how Shepard Fairey took the artistic freedom to combine an AR-15, AK, and something else (that muzzle break doesn’t look like a standard AK or AR break)? Is he accusing the milions of gun owners in this country of being Satan? Or is he implying that Satan is arming himself for Armageddon? I’m honestly just confused by this poster and his message. Perhaps he should have just stuck with: “I disagree with NRA and the 2nd Amendment.”

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  7. One thing I would have liked to see mentioned in the section about a dropped gun, is to LET IT FALL. Trying to catch a gun in mid-air is far more likely to cause a discharge, than just letting it hit the dirt. That’s a damn hard human instinct to overcome, though.

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  8. I don’t know much about this Senator, but considering this article below, I think Piers owes him at least a little bit of an apology on the pressure cooker thing:

    http://reason.com/blog/2013/04/23/williams-sonoma-concedes-victory-to-terr

    Also, comparing our argument of “more guns, less crime” to this reductio ad absurdum of “more bombs, less terrorism”…. is he retarded? Bombs have virtually no defensive use (especially in a civilian population). Firearms do. It happens all the time. Morgan’s also a hypocrite when calls this guy out on joking about the assault pressure cooker (whether or not you agree that it was too soon or in poor taste) as if the Senator was joking about the murders of the people at Boston or the children at Sandy Hook (which he obviously wasn’t) considering the fact that Morgan was laughing with his idiot guests about shooting Alex Jones.

    One last thing: yes, Australia (a country with 1/10th our population) hasn’t had a mass shooting in over 15 years… unless you count the one at Monash University (only two people died, so I guess that one doesn’t count)… but beyond that, there was just a mass murder by arson that killed 15 people. They’re so much better off now, aren’t they?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childers_Palace_Backpackers_Hostel_fire

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  9. Kudos to you sir! I agree with the comments that the author should not have had to go through all the rigmarole before going to the school, but the best way to normalize guns is to set everyone’s mind at ease. He did this and did it well. Exercise your rights, but don’t be stupid about it – words to live by.

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  10. Disclosure, I’m the man in the video. Hi guys! The site can verify me if needed.

    To tlagnhof, this was my first time carrying in school. I didn’t want to cause problems my first time out. I understand it’s my right and I don’t have to ask permission, but in this political climate I didn’t need to feed the anti’s by making the news. When a 911 calls get made from a college because of NERF guns,

    https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/04/daniel-zimmerman/omg-college-students-with-nerf-guns-omg/

    I thought discretion was the best option. I was testing the waters. When I asked about calling each time I was just figuring out what the temperature was.

    It was really pointless to have a sheriff’s deputy there the entire time. The kids sit around all day without one, but I need one because I’m able to defend myself? I’ve given it a lot of thought the past day and I’m not calling the next time. My gun and I don’t need a chaperone to behave.

    To clear up why I’m not in jail, those of you mentioning federal law are correct but that federal law exempts those licensed by the state to carry a firearm in a school. The Michigan CPL law has a list of ‘pistol free’ zones which includes school and prohibits CPL holders from carrying a concealed handgun. The language allows open carry of handguns by CPL holders in schools. Federal law is satisfied because I’m still licensed by the state.

    Why not just let us carry concealed? I’m half convinced it’s just to keep us from carrying there at all. I’m done with that nonsense. I’m trying to find a way to normalize the sight of a gun to the masses. Problem is I really don’t like advertising I have a gun, but it looks like I may need to change my thinking on that one.

    And yes, the fingerprinting is quite pointless.

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  11. I think he stole that poster from some where else and just edited it. I swear I have seen that poster with different words and instead of the AR it was originally an AK, which would explain the AK mag and flash surpresser as left over from the original image.

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  12. Everybody on this blog gets their panties in a bunch when some sanctimonious people want to regulate guns. The weakness of the conservative movement is insisting they have the monopoly on morality, and choose to regulate the bedroom.

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  13. Nothing else has the potential to normalize guns like TV shows about guns, where neither the guns nor the people are “evil.” So, no, I don’t watch Sons of Guns — I tried it but it’s just a bit to dumb for me — but I’m glad that it’s on the telly. If jumping the shark gets people to watch, then jump away.

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  14. Even the earlier radio shows were the same. I remember listening to Gunsmoke and Sgt. Preston of the Yukon ( and his wonder dog King ). There were always guns, even on the radio that the good guys used to get the bad guys.

    And I really like Aaron’s t-shirt. Very cool.

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  15. There was a video on a gun site (can’t remember where), where an experienced and an inexperienced shooter each went through a drill firing off 30 shots from an AR-15, then reloaded and fired off the next mag. They then did a drill where a hidden person attempted to rush the shooter before they could get the next mag into operation. In each case the gun was firing again within 1.5 seconds (experienced shooter) and 3 seconds (inexperienced shooter). This was either one or two seconds before the hidden person could get to the shooter. The distance was about 20 feet. There was no way a mag change enabled the shooter to be tackled. Getting at a shooter as they come through a doorway might be the only chance.

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  16. Why would I want to shoot 44 Special ammo for practice when it costs about the same as 44 magnum ammo and there are not as many choices available? Seems to me, if I want to be able to handle the weapon safely and accurately, I should shoot ammo similar to what I plan to use for self defense. If I am shooting a less powerful round, then I am not learning to handle recoil nor follow up as needed with the more powerful magnum loads. I shoot a 629 Talo 3″ 44 Magnum. I generally practice with 240’s, either S&B, Fiocchi, PMC or Federal. I also run some lightweight rounds to stay in tune, Hornady 180’s, 200’s, 225’s and usually finish with some 300’s. The 180’s are a Real Blast ! !

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  17. Go ahead carve it out, let them all kill each other then. If it is carved I will never step foot in cook county again. I think every gun owner should stick together and do the same, if we do, they will over turn it due to greed.

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  18. “It was just a brazen, unbelievable act of cowardice.”

    No, it was a rational response to the breakdown of the rule of law in Canadastan.

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  19. Another NYT article full of stupid. Arm the bad guys, disarm the good guys, have at it. If the good guys were armed, less bad guys would be on the street as they would be laying in the morgue with a toe tag.

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