Guns: In in TX - Out, in MD

August 18, 2008 - 11:38am — Blake

Texas school district to let teachers carry guns while in Maryland Allegany libraries adopt weapons ban. The Allegany County Library System's board of trustees has voted to ban weapons, handguns or firearms from its branches. Meanwhile A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district's superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said appeared to be a first in the United States.

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August 18, 2008 - 12:40pm — Blake

Eats Shoots & Leaves

I just couldn't come up with a better subject for this one. It still doesn't read like I think it should. Dashes, colons and commas, oh my!

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August 18, 2008 - 5:19pm — mdoneil

Cops in the library

I assume that the Maryland library will have police officers in its six branches?

They banned firearms, even firearms legally possessed by someone trained in their use, from the library becuase someone came in with a knife, someone saw it, and the person with the knife left without using the knife, without showing the knife to anyone, without displaying the knife in a reckless or threatening manner, without causing a problem, but simply walked in, transacted his business, and left. Some busybody felt it necessary to bring to the attention of library staff that someone was not stabbing people in the library with his knife.

Wow, bring a legal knife to the library and they chase you out the door and down the block; sit at a computer and look at porn and they beat people with the First Amendment if you complain.

I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop. I carry a gun in the library.

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August 18, 2008 - 6:01pm — Chuck

c'mon, dude

Wow, bring a legal knife to the library and they chase you out the door and down the block; sit at a computer and look at porn and they beat people with the First Amendment if you complain.

You know that's not true. One incident. More than 100,000 nationwide. What kind of sample is that? If I accused you of having male inadequacy issues because you conceal 'n' carry like it's 1883 that would wrong and unfair. Just cause I knew a guy like that doesn't make it fit on you, right?

And plenty of people get the bum's rush for looking at porn. And I helped no less than three people with lock blades last week. No one here called the po-po.

You might be right. Maryland folk may have overreacted. That doesn't have a so much as a farthing to do with everyone else's staff and library.

The only two guns I've ever carried to work have been in the sleeves of my shirt. And that's all I've ever needed.

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August 18, 2008 - 7:53pm — mdoneil

They did chase the guy with the knife...

They did chase the guy with the knife down the street and ask him not to bring his knife in again.

In 1883 you could probably openly carry, if you want to make silly statements about me that would be fine with me, I don't really care.

Why do people get the bums rush for looking at porn, I thought it was OK? I am so confused.

I picked up a reserved item at the library on my lunch hour today, there was a woman with a concealed schnauzer. I didn't alert the staff (although there probably is a rule about that already. If we outlaw dogs, only outlaws will have dogs).

I'm am glad you never needed a gun at work. I never needed a gun in any library, and I had one. I am very lucky, and perhaps a bit more observant than some others because I've called the cops a few times before trouble got out of hand. Guns are a tool, you probably don't carry a carpenter's level to work either, but you have a jack in the car that you probably don't use often. Just as you are prepared for a flat tire, I am prepared for a knife wielding nutjob differently than you are, but nobody asks you to carry a jack or a gun, they are both personal decisions.

I don't really think I was talking about every other library, I was talking about the library in the article, they banned guns and reading the Maryland law they can certainly do that, so that must be what the people of Maryland want. Although I'm not sure how long that will last in light of Heller and the sentiment around that MD is not too far from DC.

Do they really think banning knives, or guns, or broomsticks and bedknobs will keep criminals from using them in the library. Heck with that logic we may as well make bank robbery illegal.

Seems they are just taking a lawful tool from non-criminals rather than anything else. It may sound good, but it is nothing but a feel good measure.