Citizens Initiative 1621 is gathering signatures and it merits your consideration. I-1621 needs to gather 259,000 signatures by July and it has no billionaire backers like Michael Bloomberg, Nick Hanauer or George Soros. I-1621 may not be the complete solution to the school shooting problem, but simply allowing concealed carry permit holders to carry in schools is a good start. When armed air marshals were assigned to travel randomly on airlines the hijacking problem went away, as even crazy terrorists weren’t willing to risk their lives without the near certainty that they would achieve their goal, death to non-believers.
While crazy lefty heads may explode, the idea is actually quite a good one. Trained carry permit holders could include teachers, administrators and ordinary citizens who as a class commit crimes at a far lower level than the general population and a substantially lower rate than law enforcement! Think of the advantage of having an on-site group of alert individuals ready and willing to meet force with force. A much better idea than trying to train students in the use of plastic whiffle bats, as was recently suggested by some whacko school administration!
The backers of Initiative 1621 have a website where you can download the petition, carry1621.org. They are a grass-roots, self-funded organization and can use all the help you are willing to spare. You can download and print as many petitions as you can get filled out.
Curt Greer
Marysville
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