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Originally Posted by August
It just wouldn't work like that. You know how we always tend to overdo things. Somebody would get a hair across their butt and we'd have armed standoffs and SWAT raids all around the country. Remember people here guard their privacy rights as jealously as any other.
Fourth Amendment:
What would be the probable cause that a gun owner is committing a crime that would justify these intrusive searches?
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Ah, 4th Amendment...I was not aware of the particulars of that one. Hmmm, that does make things complicated. But you chaps understand the goal I'm driving for, would there be other ways of going at it, in regards to getting all gun owners to house their guns in a manner in which their children can't get to them?
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So what's to stop them now? A sign on the wall saying it's a gun free zone? A zero tolerance policy? I seriously doubt that a teacher or other school employee who has gone postal is going to care at all about that stuff other than to be reassured they won't be hindered by somebody shooting back.
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Well, don't they have metal detectors that people, including staff, have to go through on the way into school?
Would that not pick up any hidden firearms? Although I think there's only one detector at the front door, isn't there? So the average shooter usually goes in through another entrance.
That could be something to look at. Likewise windows perhaps need to be upgraded to bulletproof or resistant glass to stop outside shooters shooting in.
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I have to go get some work done now but i'll respond to the rest of your post later. As you Brits say cheers!
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No probs.
