Mississippi Community Opposes Teacher Carry: In the wake of recent media reports that a small Texas school system is allowing personnel to bring guns to school, you may be wondering if the same policy would be a good idea in Tate County. The word from both local school officials and law enforcement? A resounding, "no." "I could tell you lots of reasons," says Senatobia Police Chief John Boyd. Among Boyd's concerns were the lack of training required to obtain a Mississippi gun permit, and the lack of accountability for their firearms that it required of civilians. Tate County Schools Superintendent Gary Walker agreed... (When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.) http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20097435&BRD=1867&PAG=461&dept_id=124334&rfi=6 --- List Member Defends Teacher Carry: ...Police can almost never interpose themselves between a madman and his victims. The usual response time for a SWAT team to be fully deployed and ready to interdict at a campus shooting will be from 30 minutes to an hour. How many corpses can pile up in that time? And, the standard doctrine for the first-arriving police officers will be to hold and establish a perimeter for the incident, not to intervene. These are the lessons written in innocent blood from Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University... http://www.amarillo.com/stories/090208/opi_opin2.shtml --- Colorado Cop Offers CWP Training: A Kremmling police officer has started his own business teaching others how to defend themselves in a course on carrying a concealed weapon..."I just believe in armed citizens," he said. "I always have and always will." Dillon, 52, formed the corporation, 4BarD Enterprises Inc., last May, and already the number of people signing up for the Basic Concealed Carry course this year has doubled. About 230 people already signed up to take the course this year, compared to the nearly 100 students who registered last year. "It snowballed," he said, adding that his children help him out a lot. "It's becoming more than I can do on my own..." http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20080901/NEWS/809019975/1079&ParentProfile=1067 --- Boston Billboards Mislead: ...In light of all this, Stop Handgun Violence (SHV) has decided to make a strong and memorable statement regarding firearm legislation. Its latest communications campaign, run by Modernista!, is aimed at the NRA, possibly the most powerful political lobbying organization in the US. As we all know, the NRA is one of the biggest promoters of the free sale of firearms, survival training and shooting sports. So what does this campaign entail? Well, huge billboards following the famous "gun show" style have taken over Boston. The billboards criticize the weak firearm regulations in 32 US states, all with a bit of cynicism. Thanks to neon lights and eye-catching statements this is the final product... http://www.culture-buzz.com/blog/We-sell-guns-1799.html Related Article: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5685646 --- Louisiana Police Department Settles Open-Carry Suit: Mark Marchiafava says he's earned the right to wear his .357-caliber Magnum pistol in a hip holster in Gonzales. And, he says at a local mall, city residents paid him to demonstrate that right. "I wish the taxpayers of Gonzales knew just how much money it is," the 55-year-old Marchiafava adds. In January 2006, the longtime Baton Rouge resident was at the same mall, wearing the same pistol, when a Gonzales police officer asked him why he was carrying a gun. Marchiafava says he told the officer that non-felons can legally carry firearms that are not concealed. That exchange led to Marchiafava's arrest on a count of illegal carrying of a weapon. The arrest led to an hours-long stay at the Ascension Parish Prison... http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/27706824.html?showAll=y&c=y -- Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .