Fears and emotions: they are the fuel that run the gun-phobic machine in our society. People who fear good guys with guns can’t see the irrationality of their fears.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Many Kalamazoo-area parents are outraged after a father legally brought his handgun to his toddler’s music class.
Under Michigan law, someone who holds a valid concealed pistol license can openly carry a firearm in schools even if the school has designated itself a weapon-free zone. The father in this situation has a CPL.
The class at the center of the controversy, which is held once a week at Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency’s West Campus, is for children and parents to attend together. Following school procedure, police and administrators have escorted the open-carrying father to and from the class and the school has been locked down during his three visits over about the past month.
So, administrators lock down the school because a father wants to ensure the safety and security of himself and his child? Tell me, who is going to be more motivated to ensure the safety and well-being of himself and his child than the parent himself? Clearly, those who are “outraged” irrationally believe, for whatever reason, that gun owners are a bad breath moment from going postal.
At a meeting Monday evening, many upset parents voiced their concerns and frustrations about the situation. Margaret Wilson, whose 3-year-old is in the class, said the man and his gun have created fear and crippled learning:
“By A) having the gun in the classroom and B) by the response by bringing in more guns to deal with the gun that’s there,” she said.
Created fear? That would be a self-created fear, not a legitimate fear. Does Margaret have that same mental disorder around police officers?
That’s right: the school has brought in a police escort for the father. Most of our readers at Guns Save Life would probably agree there are better uses for police resources than to escort a card-carrying good guy to his kid’s class.
Many parents referenced the Kalamazoo-area shooting spree of Feb. 20, saying it was a source of heightened fear.
Indeed, it probably weighs on this gun-carrying parent’s mind as well. It seems the simple solution to this is for Michigan to join other states with statutes that allow concealed carry (with a concealed carry license) on school campuses.
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