Posted on 10/08/2006 8:04:55 AM PDT by george76
Great story and pics! Thanks for posting it.
We need to arm the teachers.
Thanks.
Letting CCW permitted and trained principals, teachers, and staff help on the security would be good.
Emily's father, in the Dateline interview last night, said something that brought a little chuckle to the interviewer.
He has long hair, which he wears in a ponytail. The interviewer was asking him if he had been close to Sheriff Wegener or his family, which had already been partially established because of their children's friendships and had been mentioned by the sheriff in his part of the interview, which was separate.
John Michael Keyes told the reporter, sure, they knew each other pretty well. Then he noted, "as you can imagine, I don't always agree with his point of view on things ..."
The reporterette interjected something about "oh, a longhair hippie type and the sheriff, that sort of thing ...." Keyes laughed and said "yeah ..."
BUT, he continued, he fully supported Wegener's decision to send the SWAT team in when he did. Keyes hadn't thought twice about it, said he did just an outstanding job.
That, of course, meant the world to Wegener when he met with the Keyeses for the first time, on Thursday after the shooting.
Seeing the close-cropped Wegener in his flag-emblazoned jacket just brought home to me the contrast and yet, the spoken and unspoken simpatico between the two at a time when it could've gone down very differently.
The Sheriff, and his lady, ain't wearin' no lid. Parade permit, or legal in Colorado?
Jus' jealous in Kalifornia!
Colorado had a helmet law, but I believe not now.
Thanks!!
Colorado has been trying to sneak a helmet law in through the back door by *assisting* cities in passing local helmet law ordinances, which it will then *help bikers* by making such regulation uniform statewide...and, of course, mandatory.... IF the NATIONAL helmet law being pushed by Senator Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ] doesn't become law first.
more here:
RFJ *here*.
Colorado's helmet law was repealed May 20, 1977 due to the work of a group calling itself CMSA (Colorado Motorcycle Safety Association) and CAHL (Coloradoans Against Helmet Laws). Out of this initial group, others were formed across the state. Riders For Justice was one of them and has a long and proud history. RFJ aligned themselves with CWCC (Colorado West Concerned Cyclists), another long time rights group from the western slope, and CMSA (which is still active today). eventually, CWCC merged with RFJ. RFJ, CWCC, & CMSA have successfully defeated helmet law attempts over 30 times in Colorado as well as attempts in Utah.
PRG ping list ping!
Those nice liberals...
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"... in through the back door by *assisting* cities in passing local helmet law ordinances..."
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