D.B. Cooper
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So, I'm putting this here, rather than in legal or activism, in hopes it doesn't get immediately quashed. State senator Hughes has put forward Alaska SB 173. In short, it is a bill that would require Alaska school districts to allow teacher and staff to carry concealed handguns on school grounds...if...IF...the teacher/staff member has a concealed carry permit and...AND...the teacher passes the same physical fitness standards as law enforcement officers.
This is something that is needed, however, my concern is that the requirement for the applicant to pass the law enforcement fitness standard will be used to moot the entire law, because I highly doubt there are very many teachers who can pass that physical fitness standard, which is very similar to that of the Air Force.
So my question is thus: should gun owners in Alaska get behind this and support this as a "step in the right direction" or should they not support it because of the fitness standard, which will only serve as a loop-hole to nullify the law in practical terms? If the bill passes as is written, I would be surprised if any teacher were allowed to carry gun because of it.
Additionally, with the Bruen decision now almost two years in the rear view mirror, what is going to take to get the Supreme Court to restore teachers' constitutional right to self defense? Because, as I see it, that is the only real solution.
On a related side note, NEA (National Educators' Assoc. - the teachers' union for all Alaska public school teachers) just published a front page article calling for more gun control on their monthly journal. (I didn't read it; we know where they stand.)
Here is a link to the primary source, full text of the bill. https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0173A
This is something that is needed, however, my concern is that the requirement for the applicant to pass the law enforcement fitness standard will be used to moot the entire law, because I highly doubt there are very many teachers who can pass that physical fitness standard, which is very similar to that of the Air Force.
So my question is thus: should gun owners in Alaska get behind this and support this as a "step in the right direction" or should they not support it because of the fitness standard, which will only serve as a loop-hole to nullify the law in practical terms? If the bill passes as is written, I would be surprised if any teacher were allowed to carry gun because of it.
Additionally, with the Bruen decision now almost two years in the rear view mirror, what is going to take to get the Supreme Court to restore teachers' constitutional right to self defense? Because, as I see it, that is the only real solution.
On a related side note, NEA (National Educators' Assoc. - the teachers' union for all Alaska public school teachers) just published a front page article calling for more gun control on their monthly journal. (I didn't read it; we know where they stand.)
Here is a link to the primary source, full text of the bill. https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0173A