Oklahoma teacher-gun bill derailed

[Sanford]

What is this "good reporter" of which you speak? I've never heard of such a beast...

Touche.

 

[Shadowrider]

The bill to allow armed teachers in schools, which was opposed by many school officials sheep because of safety and liability concerns, was well-supported in the House. It easily cleared the Public Safety Committee and breezed through the full House on a 68-23 vote.

Ford, R-Bartlesville, said he deferred instead to the recommendations of a special 22-member school safety task force....

“My approach on school safety and security was to look at what this task force recommended, and it made no recommendations on firearms in schools,” Ford told The Associated Press. “Therefore, I think we really need to focus on what the experts said to make our schools safe.”

He took it upon himself to overrule the entire House.

Here's his info. Start lighting his phone line up.

Senator John W. Ford
2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Rm. 424A
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405) 521-5634
[email protected]

 

[Michael Brown]

“My approach on school safety and security was to look at what this task force recommended, and it made no recommendations on firearms in schools,” Ford told The Associated Press. “Therefore, I think we really need to focus on what the experts said to make our schools safe.”

This is a pure chickensh*t response.

While I generally believe politicians should rely on experts in a particular field to provide them advice and counsel, I am confident the "experts" selected are not really experts in the field but rather administrators of various academic and law enforcement institutions, neither of which makes someone an "expert" in providing a protective response.

Michael Brown

 

[abajaj11]

Time to see when Sen Ford is up for re-election and make a concerted effort to replace him with someone more friendly to our 2A rights.

 

[Glocktogo]

It appears that the public education power structure wanted this stopped and succeeded. Am I right or is there another explanation?

Who picked the members of the expert panel that influenced Sen Ford to kill the bill?

When I saw who was on the panel, I knew it was a dog & pony show. Do you really think Chief Ruddick was going to go against the wishes of Dr. Ballard? Certainly not in a public forum! The people I talked to who had an in on the task force, had no interest in the proposal.

You uneducated citizens need to run along now. Your betters will let you know what's best for your children!

 

[bpsooner]

He took it upon himself to overrule the entire House.

Here's his info. Start lighting his phone line up.

Senator John W. Ford
2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Rm. 424A
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405) 521-5634
[email protected]

And just exactly are those steps that will keep our kids safe Mr.Ford? You do not know. Criminals look for soft areas to strike. A gun-free school has no resistance. Get that through your stupid heads. This argument is not about the kids but gungrabbing. These people make me sick

 

[mons meg]

I'm obviously with Mike and GTG on this one. for reference, here's an article listing the members of the Comission:

http://mccarvillereport.com/archives/9924

1) Roger Webb – Headmaster, Oklahoma Christian School/former President, University of Central Oklahoma/former Commissioner, Department of Public Safety

2) Maj. Gen. Lee Baxter (retired) –State Board of Education Member

3) Dr. Ryan Brown – Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Oklahoma

4) Lyn Watson – Oklahoma City School Board, District 1

5) Randy Holley – Superintendent, Shattuck Public Schools

6) Dr. Gary Quinn – Superintendent, Bartlesville Public Schools

7) Kevin Burr – Superintendent, Sapulpa Public Schools

8) Mike McClaren – Superintendent, Claremore Public Schools

9) Dr. Trice Butler – Principal, Wilburton Middle School

10) Dr. Sharon Brady – Assistant Director of Special Education, Lawton Public Schools

11) Tammy Will – Teacher, Morrison Public Schools

12) Dr. Eleanor Goetzinger – Behavior Specialist, Oklahoma City Public Schools

13) Jerry McConnell – Director of Facility Operations, Moore Norman Technology Center

14) David Prater – Oklahoma County District Attorney

15) Kim Carter – Director, Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security

16) Brandon Clabes – Midwest City, Chief of Police

17) Captain Tim Dorsey – Captain, Edmond Police Department

18) Darry Stacy – Cleveland County Commissioner, District 2

19) Gary Rudick – Chief of Police, Tulsa Public Schools Campus Police

20) Major James Blocker – Director of EMS, Oklahoma City Fire Department

21) Gary Armbruster – Principal Architect, MA+ Architecture

22) Phil Armstrong – Assistant Pastor, Metropolitan Baptist Church, Tulsa

Also, Lt Gov. Lamb (former USSS) was to chair the Commission, which in my mind would make him the MOST qualified on the entire panel to speak to protective detail issues.

 

[Glocktogo]

Yep. A 22 member panel that's long on eggheads and administrators, but VERY short on security professionals. I think they arrived at the conclusion the panel was engineered to produce.

Self-congratulatory round of back-patting anyone?

 

[mons meg]

Nothing against architects and/or pastors, but.....wtf? Were they former LEO or military security, or...or...something?

 

[NikatKimber]

Nothing against architects and/or pastors, but.....wtf? Were they former LEO or military security, or...or...something?

That's what I thought.

I could agree that having an education administrator or two as a resource for current practices in schools; but they would be more of a resource for the board, not decision makers themselves.

gaaaah... academia...