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State Sen. Mike Green tells teacher/audience "guns are ok in school"... WINNING!
http://www.michigansthumb.com/articles/2011/04/27/news/local_news/doc4db7ff6b7bd47310474021.txt
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One teacher in attendance was concerned about legislation Green sponsored that would allow people to carry concealed weapons in carry-free zones, including schools.
“If that’s true, are we trying to eliminate class size or what?” the teacher asked, resulting in loud laughter from those in attendance.
“It’s not funny,” Green replied. “Because a lot of schools have eliminated class size by that. And I can show you school after school after school. What I am saying is somebody, somewhere in a school, ought to have a gun. And everybody in schools say, ‘don’t bring a gun into my school — unless it’s with a police man.’ Well you know what happens when somebody brings a gun into a school illegally, you know what happens? They shoot anybody they see and nobody stops them.”
Green said municipalities have been cut back so much, there’s not enough police to respond quickly enough to a school shooting. He asked Huron County Sheriff Kelly J. Hanson, who was at Monday’s meeting, how many deputies were out on the road at the time. Hanson said there were three deputies currently working.
“And if somebody brought a gun into Port Hope, chances are there wouldn’t be anybody there to protect those kids,” Green said. “How would you propose to protect them?”
The teacher replied there are emergency procedures in place and teachers know what to do with their students.
“And I’ll tell you what, I would lay down my life for my students, and I don’t need a gun to do it,” she added.
“I don’t mean to be mean, but they’d shoot you and your student,” Green replied.
He noted under current Michigan law, anyone can carry a gun in school strapped on its side as long as its visible — guns just cannot be concealed in school.
“And it’s been that way ever since this state has been a state,” Green said.
http://www.michigansthumb.com/articles/2011/04/27/news/local_news/doc4db7ff6b7bd47310474021.txt
Fair Use excerpt:
Guns
One teacher in attendance was concerned about legislation Green sponsored that would allow people to carry concealed weapons in carry-free zones, including schools.
“If that’s true, are we trying to eliminate class size or what?” the teacher asked, resulting in loud laughter from those in attendance.
“It’s not funny,” Green replied. “Because a lot of schools have eliminated class size by that. And I can show you school after school after school. What I am saying is somebody, somewhere in a school, ought to have a gun. And everybody in schools say, ‘don’t bring a gun into my school — unless it’s with a police man.’ Well you know what happens when somebody brings a gun into a school illegally, you know what happens? They shoot anybody they see and nobody stops them.”
Green said municipalities have been cut back so much, there’s not enough police to respond quickly enough to a school shooting. He asked Huron County Sheriff Kelly J. Hanson, who was at Monday’s meeting, how many deputies were out on the road at the time. Hanson said there were three deputies currently working.
“And if somebody brought a gun into Port Hope, chances are there wouldn’t be anybody there to protect those kids,” Green said. “How would you propose to protect them?”
The teacher replied there are emergency procedures in place and teachers know what to do with their students.
“And I’ll tell you what, I would lay down my life for my students, and I don’t need a gun to do it,” she added.
“I don’t mean to be mean, but they’d shoot you and your student,” Green replied.
He noted under current Michigan law, anyone can carry a gun in school strapped on its side as long as its visible — guns just cannot be concealed in school.
“And it’s been that way ever since this state has been a state,” Green said.
