Rockwood Parent Asks District to Honor Second Amendment Rights at Schools
During the patron comments of the most recent Rockwood School District Board of Education meeting, a Eureka citizen asked since when in America are we not going to fight back and defend ourselves, even in schools?
Eureka resident and Rockwood School District parent Dottie Bailey addressed Rockwood's Board of Education directors on Jan. 17 during the patrons' comments section of the meeting regarding security measures she perceives are not sound enough for the district's schools. "You are being hypocritical—you have an armed guard at these Board of Education meetings, but you're doing nothing like that for our kids. If you're not going to do the same for our kids, I ask you to take your armed guard away at this meeting," said Bailey. She also said she knew district officials were reviewing processes for security, but she said she believed merely talking about them was not good enough. "What’s the procedure when a shooting starts? What exactly is …
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Matt Hay
10:47 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
Bravo Mrs. Bailey. I think the problem is, that so many in academia fancy themselves as more civilized than a firearm. Many, not all certainly, have not served, or really been exposed to the evils and dangers outside of the world of "education." Many of them fear firearms because they do not understand them, and would lose their minds with anxiety if they knew I had a Tactical ,40S&W on my side … more ›