Columbine Shooting Survivor Has Surprising View On

[chadh2o]

Concealed Carry Laws

4:16 PM 02/19/2018

Days after one of the deadliest school shootings ever, a Columbine shooting survivor is calling for more lenient concealed carry laws in schools.

Patrick Neville was a former Columbine High School student and is now Colorado House Minority Leader. He has pushed legislation that would ease regulations on concealed carry laws in school zones in Colorado, The Washington Times reports.

“As a former Columbine student who was a sophomore during the shootings on April 20, 1999, I will do everything in my power to prevent Colorado families from enduring the hardships my classmates and I faced that day,” he shared. “Time and time again we point to the one common theme with mass shootings, they occur in gun-free zones.”

Under the current law, concealed carry holders are permitted to bring firearms on school grounds, but the gun must remain within the confines of a vehicle.



Since being elected in 2014, Nevel has annually pushed a bill that would ease this rule, noting the current legislation “creates a so-called gun free zone in every K-12 public school.”

“This act would allow every law-abiding citizen who holds a concealed carry permit, issued from their chief law-enforcement officer, the right to carry concealed in order to defend themselves and most importantly our children from the worst-case scenarios,” Nevel stated.

He contends the fatality level would not have been as high in the Columbine massacre had faculty members been armed.

The hearing for the bill in the Democratic-controlled Colorado House of Representatives is scheduled to take place on Tuesday.



Tags: Columbine, gun laws, School Shooting

 

[dennishoddy]

Lets hope it passes, but it's doubtful.
Too many commies from comifornika are in that state now and have infiltrated the legislature.

 

[chadh2o]

Lets hope it passes, but it's doubtful.
Too many commies from comifornika are in that state now and have infiltrated the legislature.

Yep. Too many libs from Cali in the Denver area. One thing I have never been able to understand, why would someone move from one area with very oppressive regulations and then vote for the same type of persons that you just moved away from? If you want those restrictions, just stay home.

 

[dennishoddy]

Yep. Too many libs from Cali in the Denver area. One thing I have never been able to understand, why would someone move from one area with very oppressive regulations and then vote for the same type of persons that you just moved away from? If you want those restrictions, just stay home.

The rest of us don't understand that mentality either, but I suspect it's not guns, but taxes, traffic, and urban sprawl is what they are running from.
They keep the anti gun mentality.

 

[chadh2o]

The rest of us don't understand that mentality either, but I suspect it's not guns, but taxes, traffic, and urban sprawl is what they are running from.
They keep the anti gun mentality.

It's not guns.
I have a customer who moved here from NY. They wanted to get away from the tax and hectic way of life. What sticker is on her car, Hitlery! I would bet they vote lib all the way. We don't talk politics. She knows how I feel (read the stickers on my truck, subtle but there) and that I carry, and has no problem letting me in their home while no one is home.