Wyoming House approves bill allowing guns in schools.

[elleng]

Legislation that would allow people with concealed-gun permits to carry firearms into public schools and government meetings won easy approval from the Wyoming House of Representatives on Monday after a debate over rising gun violence in U.S. schools.

The bill, supported by leaders of the Republican-led House, would repeal “gun-free zones” carved out around elementary and secondary schools, as well as colleges and universities.

Passed on a 42-17 vote, the measure also would grant concealed-carry permit holders the right to take their guns into meetings of the state Legislature and local government meetings.

The bill must clear the Republican-controlled state Senate before it can be submitted to Governor Matt Mead, also a Republican, for his signature or veto. Mead has in recent years sought to welcome firearms-related companies to Wyoming by promoting it as a gun-friendly state.

Wyoming would not be the first state to enact such a law. Utah allows individuals with concealed-carry licenses to bring their weapons onto school property, and Texas allows teachers with such permits to do so if they have permission from the school district superintendent.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/02/us-usa-guns-wyoming-idUSKBN0L624R20150202

[Brigid]

1. Turning the schools in WY into shooting galleries.

Brilliant idea.

[0rganism]

4. far more likely that nothing at all will happen

and the republicans will claim it as an indication of how guns in school prevent violence
rather than an indication of the Wyoming monoculture not lending itself to internal violence

Texas is the one to watch, imho.

[salin]

26. I don't fear intentional violence. But unintentional accident.

ala the two cases in the past month where a 3-5 year old reaches into the purse and ends up accidently shooting a parent.

[shenmue]

2. Good luck with that

[onecaliberal]

3. What could possibly go wrong?

[msongs]

5. no age limit in 2A. let all the kids carry guns too nt

[Terra Alta]

6. yes, let's solve the problem of gun violence in our schools

by allowing MORE GUNS! Typical Repuke logic.

[yuiyoshida]

8. So does this mean students

(those who have their licenses) can bring a concealed pistol with them into schools there?
Yeah, not much can go wrong there...

[Straw Man]

11. No.

So does this mean students

(those who have their licenses) can bring a concealed pistol with them into schools there?
Yeah, not much can go wrong there...

The minimum age for a CCW permit in Wyoming is 21. Your concern is unfounded.

[yuiyoshida]

14. well thats a relief

huh?

[former9thward]

16. When I was in high school we brought rifles to school all the time.

For hunting or target practice after school. Those who had cars left them there, those who didn't stored them in their lockers. Guess what? No one shot one another or no one else.

[yuiyoshida]

17. Aww the good old days...

Times have changed. Imagine how well that would work in South Central L.A.

[former9thward]

18. No, times have not changed.

Just people trying to take away other people's rights based on imaginary threats. Some people detest and hate when someone else somewhere is enjoying themselves or having fun. They want everyone to have the same miserable life they have.

[yuiyoshida]

19. I wonder if a Coke

addict would use the same argument?

[former9thward]

21. I am an opponent of the drug war.

So that doesn't work with me.

[yuiyoshida]

25. or anyone addicted to

any substances, alcohol, childporn and... I don't think we were talking about "you" were we?

[former9thward]

27. I really don't know what your supposed point is.

Your attempt to tie gun rights to substance abuse is a non-starter. Maybe it works with someone else.

[yuiyoshida]

28. Yes I guess

We just aren't communicating..

[Ghost in the Machine]

20. Same thing when I was in high school. Deer season was only 2 weeks long at the time...

and many of us hunted before and after school. We kept our guns in our cars, trucks or lockers too. No one ever thought of using them to shoot up the school or just another person, if we had a problem with someone we would just meet after school and fight it out with our fists. You either gave an ass kicking or took an ass kicking and that was the end of it. This was in a very rural, small town in Tennessee in the late 70's - early 80's.

Peace,

Ghost

[LanternWaste]

30. When I was in high school, no one had to wear seat belts

When I was in high school, no one had to wear seat belts and no one in my class died from an auto accident, so...

[former9thward]

31. You may think that is a brilliant analogy

but I don't.

[Art_from_Ark]

9. Wyoming wants to relive the days of the Wild West

Last edited Tue Feb 3, 2015, 01:46 AM - Edit history (2)

Next on the list: Allowing gun-fighting in the street to settle personal disputes.

[yuiyoshida]

15. Art, I always prefered the old fashion way ...

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. You never know when that Cialis moment will strike.

Better to be ready and not go, than to go and not be ready.

[moondust]

13. Government meeting.

MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man angry about his property taxes was fatally shot during a public meeting Tuesday after he pulled a gun from a briefcase and pointed it at the county assessor, law enforcement officials said.

Francis Glaser, a former Maquoketa city manager, had become agitated and vocal about his property taxes going up during a weekly meeting of Jackson County's board of supervisors in Maquoketa, a town about 150 miles northeast of Des Moines.

~

One of the county's three supervisors, Larry Koos, was nearby and stepped in. He struggled with Glaser, and a second shot was fired. Glaser was hit and died at the scene...

~more~

http://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2014/09/09/shooting-reported-at-jackson-county-courthouse/15340087/

(good guy with a gun)

[HoustonDave]

22. Apropos of nothing

An example concerning neither schools nor licensed carry permit holders. Just what were you trying to accomplish with this,
anyway?

[moondust]

24. If you had read the OP...

you would have noticed this part, for instance, from the first sentence:

Legislation that would allow people with concealed-gun permits to carry firearms into public schools and government meetings won easy approval

And this part, from the link:

the right to take their guns into meetings of the state Legislature and local government meetings

Guns in schools and government meetings will make it much easier to create more Sandy Hooks (school), Columbines (school), Maquoketas (government meeting), and a long list of other cases of murder and mayhem in public spaces.

[Lancero]

23. Jury results, post #7

Viagra is cheaper.
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[hifiguy]

29. This country has become a vast, open air lunatic asylum

with the craziest inmates in charge.

[elleng]

32. Yes, I agree,

and I'd leave but for my grandchildren being here.

[Douglas Carpenter]

33. arm the teachers? Screw that, I say arm the kids - the ultimate anti-bullying campaign

Damned If I was armed in seventh grade - I could have put an end to a lot of bullshit very quickly