Rockwood Resident 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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Larry Lazar
4:25 pm on Monday, January 28, 2013
Good question, thank you. Yes I have used guns many times. I grew up in northwest Michigan where I hunted small game (rabbits, squirrels and quail) as well as deer. I don't hunt much any more, but I do shoot shotguns and rifles occasionally when I spend time with my parents. While I appreciate that you have never seen a "gun fall out of a holster" that wasn't my point nor does it matter. What … more ›