As a volunteer lunch lady at my daughter’s elementary school I’ve had a good look at the security arrangements. Simply put, I’m not comfortable with the level of active shooter prevention. Many of the best practices recommended in the NRA’s excellent [and ignored] post-Newtown National School Shield report are obvious by their absence. I’m taking a walk softly approach, waiting until I’ve established credibility with the principal before raising the subject. Meanwhile, my daughter and I have discussed her options during an active shooter scenario and let’s just say Sandy Hook proved that “shelter in place” has its limits. For our reproductive or adoptive readers, what’s the active shooter security situation at your sprog’s school? Have you discussed prevention or response with the school, other parents and/or your kids? How did you broach the subject?
I recently dealt with this also in my comments to ATF’s 41P proposal. I have posted my comments for others to use as a guide.
http://www.guntrustlawyer.com/2013/10/gun-trust-lawyer-david-goldman-2.html
All of my experience was with an M203. They were relatively accurate also, but range estimation was critical. That thing definitely had a rainbow trajectory. Bigger up the range and you definitely had a miss.
Old News.National gun registration has been around since the ATF Etrace database went online.
Besides, it’s the year 2013.We’re well beyond paper documents nowadays.If the man wants to know who owns a gun or three, they won’t quiery the ATF. They’ll subpoena the sales records of ammo companies , reloading firms, and websites like Cheaper Then Dirt.The businesses who don’t comply will be sued into oblivion.
Lets even assume every commercial online vendor flips off Uncle Sam.The next phone call will be to your bank-and rest assured, they WILL turn over your expense record to the justice department.Even a dumb Federal drone knows what “ATM POS $549.99 JOE GUN & PAWN” means.
Lee Harvey Oswald for the 21st century…
Disgruntled with his job, the Easter Bunny decides to take matters into his own hands.
“Yeah Tod… These H&Ks are gonna be great for the heist… But did you leave any money for the masks?”
Hey guys post a quick pic of me to Facebook before we rob this bank. These disguises are awesome. No one will ever figure out it was us.
No lockback knives. Sounds like Texas has changed a lot since I was last there. What next? The Rangers ride side saddle?
So I said to them “give me all your money” but they just started laughing. I don’t get it.
The responses and feedback we have received through Coonan and this site have been very infomative. Evolve is not seeking to create a polarizing dialogue around the issues of firearms safety and violence. In fact, those are the very concerns that have come up in the majority of our conversations with gun owners and the gun community. We believe the productive dialogue begins with gun owners across the country. We are firmly pro Second Amendment. We would not be able to say that, and talk to this community, if we weren’t sincere in our efforts. That doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty of room for misunderstandings and we have to constantly keep learning through the people we talk to. When Coonan says the ‘enormity and sensitivity’ of this, we take that very seriously. We promise to do all we can through this dialogue to not create those misunderstandings. In the meantime, we respectfully ask that you give us the opportunity to begin to take the baby steps in forming this fragile, but important dialogue. We have been told by the gun community: it’s a great idea, but don’t mess it up. We would ask that if you have suggestions for how we can have better conversations around these topics, please let us know. I would ask if you could please have some patience with us to give us the opportunity to show our sincere intentions. You can always disagree with us, but we hope that we can meet your expectations. Thank you.
Rebecca Bond
Evolve
Ms Bond,
Your facebook stuff told me all I needed to know.
Here’s a bit o Ben Franklin for you…
“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety”.
I, for one, respectfully decline to have anything to do with your organization, as I believe you are an anti gun, and therefore anti-liberty organization.
Regards,
Tom
The ATF’s arm has grown long indeed if It can hurl regulations at us all the way from Mordor…
Go get em boys,they’ve been overstepping their boundaries for years!
More expensive, less reliable, less durable, harder to use. What’s not to like from an anti perspective? And the fact that it might seem like a good idea to low-information voters is a giant bonus.