Ashland, Ore. - In court documents, she's known as "Jane Doe." Innocuous enough, but the woman behind that pseudonym pushes one of the nation's hottest political buttons: guns and school safety.
What Ms. Doe wants to do is take her Glock 9-mm pistol to the high school in Medford, Ore., where she teaches.
What? Provide for her own protection? Is she crazy? Doesn't she know that schools are "gun-free" zones? Well, they are until some lunatic decides they want to end their pathetic existence by killing a bunch of unarmed people...
And a teacher, at that. I wonder what the teacher's union says about armed teachers? [cue crickets]
She's licensed to carry a concealed weapon and she has what many supporters say is a legitimate reason for being armed: a restraining order against her ex-husband based on threats he's allegedly made against her and her children.
But, but, but... She took out a piece of paper against him. Isn't that enough? Or does the school expect her to wait until he actually makes good on his threats against her life? Are they willing to provide her protection against his attacks since they won't allow her to carry? Don't bet on it.
Expect to see her very quietly get the axe. Soon. And I'll give 500:1 odds the local teacher's union doesn't lift a finger to help her...
Link kindly provided by reader Brad...
3 comments:
No bet from me. Not even gonna try!
We've had a couple teachers and social workers comment that they like having BACA around, when there's the possibility of a bad guy in the area. I always bite my tongue about being responsible for their own safety...
That's pretty sad. I'd love to see the statistics on the number of gun related crimes committed by a person with a concealed weapons permit.
As a judge once told a friend of mine, "Have a back up plan. This piece of paper isn't bulletproof."
On the plus side, it's southern Oregon, which is pretty sensible about such things.
On the minus side, it's Ashland, which isn't.
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