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[okaawhatever]

12. My town: city councilman:attorney for & fan of gun nut Yeager, Dir of Schools: Retired Marine

I thank our Director of Schools, Mike Looney, for being the voice of reason in all this. Here is an excerpt from an article in USA Today:

Looney, a former Marine who used assault weapons during his service, said educators simply should not be shouldered with the job of killing an attacker.
"I will adamantly oppose the concept of arming teachers," Looney said. "I don't want to be confrontational, but I, frankly, think that's an absurd idea. They're not trained or prepared to make decisions on when to use deadly force.
"I'm also frustrated in the notion that teachers are supposed to do everything, including kill people. They're supposed to teach kids how to read and do mathematics."

This was in response to our Mayor:
"My suggestion is to allow more teachers to obtain conceal carry permits and (change the laws) to allow those to carry (a weapon) on school grounds," Mayor Ed Hagerty said. "Then you don't need an armed officer at every school."

I think Mr. Looney gets the idea that our teachers need help teaching. Teachers have never had it so hard, let's not add the question of when to use deadly force to the why can't Johnny read debate.