School officials troubled over guns ON SIGNS BANNING GUNS

[Peggy Reist]

I've quit saying people can't get any more stupid. They're taking it as a challenge.

Yahoo!

 

[guitargain]

I am a firm believer that liberalism is a mental illness.

 

[NavyLCDR]

Wow. There should be a sign with the outline of a principal on it with a red circle and slash posted.

 

[nogods]

“It is bothersome to have to post a sticker of a gun that says, ‘Hey, folks, leave your guns at home,’” Theresa Nolan, principal of Tinley Park High School, told the SouthtownStar.


Nolan stressed that she is very concerned with “safety and security” and concerned that, somehow, someone could wrongly interpret an image of a gun emblazoned with the universal sign for prohibiting something.


“I think the general public will be alarmed by it and wonder if people have been allowed to bring guns to school in the past,” Nolan also fretted.

that seems a far cry from being upset about the picture of the gun - it seems they are upset about the incorrect impression it might convey to the public.

What if restaurants were required to post sings showing a rat with a circle and slash? Or NASCAR had to post signs showing a person having sex with a sheep with a circle and slash? all would be legally and factually correct, but could also be misleading as to the reason for the signs.

 

[NavyLCDR]

that seems a far cry from being upset about the picture of the gun - it seems they are upset about the incorrect impression it might convey to the public.

From the article:
"'You can’t look at this (sticker) and not think about Sandy Hook,' the principal added."

Sounds to me like being upset about the image of the gun. I absolutely agree with this guy, though:
"'It is not necessarily something you’d want on a school building,' said Paul Enderle, a superintendent in Oak Lawn" No guns signs are not something I want to see on school buildings, or Post Offices, or the entrance to the military base, or anywhere else.

 

[NavyLCDR]

Maybe they should just settle for this as a sign:

 

[Eidolon]

These people have lost their minds were they raised in bubble wrap?

 

[nogods]

From the article:
"'You can’t look at this (sticker) and not think about Sandy Hook,' the principal added."

Sounds to me like being upset about the image of the gun. I absolutely agree with this guy, though:

That statement doesn't focus on the image of a gun, it focuses on the reminder a no guns sign, whether in pictures or words, would bring to mind.

I don't think that is reason enough not to have the sign, but it certainly is true that a no gun sign would remind many people of sandy hook, just as a sign saying "our planes don't fly into buildings" at an airport would remind people of 9-11.

I just don't see a 2A aspect to this story. The concerns of the quoted people are real. Whether those concerns are significant enough to warrant any action is debatable.

When we mock otherwise rational and reasonable concerns of our fellow citizens we hurt, not help, the effort to education and enhance our rights to possess firearms. We look childish, petty, and intolerant to the people on the fence, the ones we need to join us to win over the majority.

 

[SR40c]

These people have lost their minds were they raised in bubble wrap?

No, what you are seeing here are the direct results of the Progressive propaganda machines, a.k.a. public school systems and the main stream media.

 

[sdprof]

Nolan said she is not opposed to posting it, she’s just worried that not enough people are aware of what it means and could misinterpret the new signage.

She's completely right, for probably the first time in forever. People will misinterpret that sign. Many will think it means they're in a safe, gun free zone and no harm will come to their unicorns.

Twit!

 

[NewlyEnthused]

What kind of a sign would be used that sex is not allowed in schools? Just a thought
If the principals are so close minded about a gun, they need to look around and think about the students and their protection

 

[jameshd]

The signs remind us that there are no guns allowed in the school, so if you want to go inside and go hunting you won't be shot. Unless, of course, someone else is already in there hunting. That's actually a good idea: Open the schools once a month for hunting parties. Allow anyone who wants to go hunting to take a gun inside and hunt each other. We would eventually substantially reduce the number of gun-carrying idiots, while not changing the number of gun-carrying intelligent beings.

 

[NavyLCDR]

If a law banning guns and signs are supposed to keep people from shooting up schools, then why not just post a sign banning all criminal activity? Then the only bad thing happening in the schools would be what the government is teaching our kids, right?

 

[Eidolon]

I really don’t understand this woman’s mindset. Her concern appears to be that if people see the signs they’ll think that in the past guns have been allowed in the school. Are we really that concerned that someone might see the sign and get their undies in a bunch because they think the school used to allow guns?

 

[NavyLCDR]

I really don’t understand this woman’s mindset. Her concern appears to be that if people see the signs they’ll think that in the past guns have been allowed in the school. Are we really that concerned that someone might see the sign and get their undies in a bunch because they think the school used to allow guns?

It is just proof that the civilian anti-gun movement is 99.95% driven by irrational emotion fostered and promoted by government propaganda.

 

[Banjarmon]

I wonder if the NO GUN sign makes the school officials feel UNSAFE???

 

[Nightmare45]

Just me, but the reason we have schools is to educate, it appears the fact has slipped through the cracks in IL. Teach them what the sign means. God Bless America.

 

[dogshawred]

I've quit saying people can't get any more stupid. They're taking it as a challenge.

Yahoo!

NO, they are challenged, don't ya know.

 

[Bikenut]

Let me see....

School officials don't like to see the picture of a gun. School officials are teaching the kids to be afraid of anything that looks like a gun. Even if it is a pop tart with a couple of bites out of it.

Could it be that our education system is actively indoctrinating a couple of entire generations to fear owning/carrying a gun in order create a future where those in power who most assuredly WILL have guns won't have to worry about any resistance from the brainwashed "guns are bad" commoners?

Could it be most parents either don't realize ... or are afraid to confront... what is going on?

 

[Eidolon]

Let me see....

School officials don't like to see the picture of a gun. School officials are teaching the kids to be afraid of anything that looks like a gun. Even if it is a pop tart with a couple of bites out of it.

Could it be that our education system is actively indoctrinating a couple of entire generations to fear owning/carrying a gun in order create a future where those in power who most assuredly WILL have guns won't have to worry about any resistance from the brainwashed "guns are bad" commoners?

Could it be most parents either don't realize ... or are afraid to confront... what is going on?

You just now figured that out?