The Expert
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A Charter School May Be a "Public School" But That Doesn't Mean You Can Carry There..
Some would probably consider me to be a bit more conservative in my approach to exercising my rights to keep and bear arms. Today would be a good example. I scheduled an appointment last week to speak w/ my kids (age 6 & 5) school principle to inform her that my wife and I would be exercising our rights to carry a gun for self defense at all times.
I prepped all the legal resources and put a cover letter on it that outlined everything she needed to know about the fact that the law requires me to carry openly on my CPL if I'm at a school. We sat down, had a nice chat, and she was as nice as can be about it. I think part of it was the fact that I told her about myself, that I was an Anti-Terrorism Security Force Marine (8152), told her about how my wife and I met, and how the current downward trend in our city caused my wife and I to take this issue more seriously.
We parted ways without a harsh word between us.
A few hours later I got a call from her superior where he asked that I not carry and gave a bunch of reasons why, mostly relating to the panic of parents, and the financial impact to the school if 10 kids were pulled because of my actions.
He also told me something that I didn't know which might be of benefit to others here.
While this Charter School is considered a "public school" the property on which the school sits is privately owned. I guess a group of five rich people took up the bonds to buy the land and building.
He informed me that all they would need to do would be post "No Guns Allowed" after being given direction from the property owners and that would be the end of the issue...so why put the school through the stress if the end result will be the same?
Anyone care to chime in on this "privately owned public school" twist on things?
Some would probably consider me to be a bit more conservative in my approach to exercising my rights to keep and bear arms. Today would be a good example. I scheduled an appointment last week to speak w/ my kids (age 6 & 5) school principle to inform her that my wife and I would be exercising our rights to carry a gun for self defense at all times.
I prepped all the legal resources and put a cover letter on it that outlined everything she needed to know about the fact that the law requires me to carry openly on my CPL if I'm at a school. We sat down, had a nice chat, and she was as nice as can be about it. I think part of it was the fact that I told her about myself, that I was an Anti-Terrorism Security Force Marine (8152), told her about how my wife and I met, and how the current downward trend in our city caused my wife and I to take this issue more seriously.
We parted ways without a harsh word between us.
A few hours later I got a call from her superior where he asked that I not carry and gave a bunch of reasons why, mostly relating to the panic of parents, and the financial impact to the school if 10 kids were pulled because of my actions.
He also told me something that I didn't know which might be of benefit to others here.
While this Charter School is considered a "public school" the property on which the school sits is privately owned. I guess a group of five rich people took up the bonds to buy the land and building.
He informed me that all they would need to do would be post "No Guns Allowed" after being given direction from the property owners and that would be the end of the issue...so why put the school through the stress if the end result will be the same?
Anyone care to chime in on this "privately owned public school" twist on things?
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