People unclear on the concept - firearm safety
From
Of Arms & the Law:
The mentality we have to deal with
For some time, Pierce College (a Los Angeles community college) had offered firearm safety courses. Now, the trustees of the college have have ended the course by banning all guns, including unloaded ones, from all campuses. The explanations given:""The one thing we wanted to prevent was Pierce College being the Wild Wild West,� said Scott Svonkin, a trustee with the Los Angeles Community College District, author of the anti-gun resolution passed this month.
�By preventing guns on campus, I wanted to prevent people who took the class from shooting a horse or cow on campus.�
And...."Proponents of the ban emphasized they weren�t against guns or gun ownership. They said it was simply unsafe to have guns in the presence of thousands of students on college campuses, adding that even an unloaded weapon seen from outside a classroom could spark panic, a 911 call or a police SWAT response."
But ...."The district�s new policy permits only fake weapons used during a theatrical performance or real cops with guns."
The stupidity. It burns.
Hat tip to
Wirecutter for the link.
Posted by DaveH at September 2, 2013 10:40 AM