gadget410's Blog

I just read on Fox8 that a Forsyth County school resource officer confiscated a loaded HANDGUN from a 15 year old student on school grounds and arrested him for felony possession of a firearm on education property. I can't believe this could happen with all of the signs up on the campuses of schools statewide that say this is a "Weapon and drug free school zone." I don't see why their are so many people opposed to allowing a faculty member or other individual who is of age and met the requirements to legally carry a gun do so. I think this shows a person intent on bringing a weapon to a school for whatever reason can do so reasonably easy. If the unsung hero of this story, the resource officer would not have stopped this person what might have happened? He is already UNDERAGE for legal ownership of a firearm, has obviously either stolen or bought the weapon illegally from someone(Who also needs to be charged and prosecuted) so much for the current laws in place, like usual the criminal ignores them, the only person it stops is the law abiding one who legally wants to protect themselves from this type of person. I feel that the knowledge that their may be many armed members on a campus is a far better deterrence than any sign, the proof is in the several colleges around the U.S. that allow concealed carry they have had no such incidents. "Just the facts" provided this link before in one of Cindy Farmers blogs I am going to repost it.   http://www.concealedcampus.org/answers.pdf
  ...........  I know.... let's sue the makers of the signs because they are apparently defective and not working.   

The incident at RJ Reynolds High School must be fake.  Terrez Dawan Weaks ,was charged with possession of drugs with intent to sell, and possession of a weapon on school grounds. I can't believe that this kind of thing could be true with all of the signs up that Reynolds High School is a drug and weapon free school zone. Now that I have got your attention, think about how long this had probably been going on undetected, and next time instead of a knife it could just have easily been a gun. The folks who are against allowing concealed carry on a school campus by people that have met the requirements are only fooling themselves if they think their children are safe at school. I know this is not the first time Mr. Weaks had done this and there is no telling how much is still going on that no one is aware of.  It may be some time before the whole truth is known about the nature of this young man. If he would have gotten the officers gun would he have hurt other students or taken hostages? Who knows.... but if there had been other faculty armed he might have thought twice before he did anything at all.

I hear the complaints daily about the price of gasoline, I get ridiculous questions like why don't the car companies start using that V8 engine in the SUV's and Trucks that gets 100mpg? I'll tell you why, because it doesn't exist. The public has shown that at $3.00 or at $3.50+ we will still buy gasoline like we did when it was $2.00 a gallon. We feel like the oil companies have really got us in a noose...........but we gave them the rope,and bound our hands and feet for them, we have met the enemy and he is US! I pass the same cars, SUV's and pickups everyday and I see the same thing day in and day out, a single person driving along by themselves maybe they had a carpool or ride share and they are just the last stop but I truly doubt it.   In the name of convenience we have insisted that everything be packaged and sold solely for throw away use. People are mostly unaware of where all of that convenience comes from,  plastics and petrochemical preservatives, as well as the transportation fuel from trucks, planes, ship ,and rail to get the fruits and vegetables that are brought in from all over the world to the supermarket or  Walmart.  We as a country are going to have a rough road ahead if we don't start doing something NOW. I have heard several times the word mandatory rationing on different sites that I visit, we are already seeing cash only, no credit or bank cards starting to take affect, today the first theft of fuel from a vehicle that has been publicized. I think we are starting to see the beginning of " Peak Oil" and what it brings you can read about it here.  http://www.hubbertpeak.com/Hubbert/
 If we are going to change the current price for  a barrel of petroleum it is not going to come from some new presidency or government program and forget the oil companies or the car companies, it is going to come from individuals who take responsibility to make  wise choices and changes to make more efficient use of the energy they consume.