Bob Warden walks out of the Southwest Community Center after an attempt to challenge Mayor Nickels' gun ban. Warden was carrying a pistol under his jacket. Lisa Harrison, security manager for the Seattle Parks, told Warden he must leave, which he did.

GRN – West Coast Episode – 016

by Tyler on November 21, 2009

Show Notes:

Gun-Toting Homeowner Catches Burglar In Boxers

Idaho boy, 11, shoots black bear on family’s porch

Police: LV Homeowner shoots, kills intruder

Police: Homeowner kills intruder

Oregon Court of Appeals denies Medford teacher’s gun request

Gun proposal would defy feds

Gun-toting man asked to leave community center

Gunshows

California News from Jerome:

Contra Costa Collectible Firearms closed by CA DOJ

Oakpark Burglar Shot

L.A. murder while police are outside

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

Lowell November 22, 2009 at 8:53 am

I was disappointed by your reaction to the Oregon Supreme Court ruling on the Medford teacher. Haven’t these “criminal free-fire zones” killed enough people? From the school shooting you mentioned, to Columbine, to Virginia Tech, to Fort Hood, with all the terrible stops in between, the commonality has been that the criminals could treat these places as “free-fire zones” where they could blast away and no one could shoot back until the police showed up.

Another way to thik of it is that you have to trust someone. Either you will trust the teachers, staff, and administrators–people who generally have to go though background checks just to have their jobs….OR…. you will trust EVERY kook, crazy and criminal that lives in that town or might happen to pass through. If you say that good people cannot carry in certain areas, then you are saying that you trust EVERYONE to not carry–including people who have decided they want to commit murder.

End “Criminal Free-Fire Zones”.

Tyler November 22, 2009 at 8:17 pm

Hey Lowell,

I agree that everyone with a ccw should be able to carry at school. However, in Oregon, employers can restrict you from possessing weapons at work. I don’t know why they think that will make them safer. If an employee is going to go shoot up his workplace, I don’t think he is really going to care what the employee handbook says. Gun free zones are not crime free zones. I wish the teacher best of luck if she decides to appeal.

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