Talking life, death and guns with Nebraska’s most-radical state senator (GOP/NRA uber-moran)

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http://nebraska.statepaper.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2011/05/09/4dc49deab0989

After all, the National Rifle Association-endorsed Christensen, 48, has introduced some of the most radical gun-rights bills in the country, including a measure that would have allowed teachers to carry guns in school.

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Christensen talks a lot about moral decay - his justification for the bill to allow security guards, administrators and teachers to carry concealed handgunw on school property, provided they also have a state-issued permit.

“The moral change in America's been, well, you can't spank kids in school. You can't touch a kid in school. So they don't respect,” he says, ''cause you've had the moral decay that comes from government and society, we now have more problems.”

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“I believe are to be in control of the classroom at all times,” Christensen says. “If you're the professor or the teacher and I show up with a gun are you now in control? No. You're not. That gun is in control. The person with the gun now has demanded respect.

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:wow: