Most commenters on the AJC get Schooled blog opposed lawsuits by fathers in Gwinnett, Douglas and Fulton counties seeking the right to carry guns to their children’s elementary schools and to school events. Here is a sampling of comments:
April: If you're that threatened by a third-grade production of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown," then do everyone a favor and stay home.
Tater: No guns should be allowed on school property unless carried by a law enforcement professional. I don't care how law-abiding these parents claim to be. … They are all loose cannons thinking this is the Old West and they are there to enforce the law.
Gen: A professor at Idaho State University just shot himself in the foot in his classroom after Idaho passed a bill allowing guns on campus. He was licensed and legal. Luckily, he didn't hit one of his students in the head with the bullet. To those first graders who have parents who allow them to attend an assembly where someone is packing a gun, I say, good luck and God bless.
Centrist: At least some school districts in Arkansas, Missouri and Texas are allowing teachers and staff to be armed after proper training, being fingerprinted and passing background checks for a concealed-carry permit. Deranged killers will now avoid these schools to seek softer targets. It is likely going to come to Georgia, along with visitors with the proper carry permits.
Disenchanted: My husband applied for his carry permit at the same time as we applied for our marriage license. The application windows are next to each other in DeKalb County. Flash forward a few years: We now have small children and guns in the house, properly secured, of course (the guns, not the kids!). I'd kill my husband myself before I'd let him file suit to carry in our kids' school, though. Georgia's gun advocates have gone off the rails. These plaintiffs are embarrassing themselves.
Living: If guns were allowed to be carried at my kids' school, I would pull them out.
Mark: I believe our citizens can be trusted and armed, and we are a land of laws. We have to arrest people all the time for breaking gun laws. Furthermore, laws don't infringe rights. We have the right to bear arms. In the end, it's a shock factor, and many of you may be shocked to know how many are carrying at your local PTA conference.
DeKalb: If I were a parent, and a school permitted parents or others to carry firearms onto school property, I would remove my children and either find a way to home school them or find a different arrangement. It has been shown time and again that the presence of guns does not improve safety. In fact, it has the exact opposite effect. Pick up the newspaper any day, and you will find at least one example where a "law-abiding" citizen hurt or killed themselves or another accidentally.
SouthGa: Our brilliant lawmakers are great at stirring trouble, passing unneeded laws that are bad, but not bad enough for gun advocates. I think most of us could see this coming after the Legislature bounced proposed gun bills around and finally passed one that apparently both sides hated.
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