Posted on 07/22/2022 1:18:30 PM PDT by Libloather
The Mississippi Board of Education voted Thursday to repeal a policy barring guns in state public schools in order to comply with the state’s enhanced-carry law.
The Board voted to repeal a 1990 policy prohibiting “the possession of pistols, firearms, or weapons in any form by any person other than duly authorized law enforcement officials on school premises or at school functions.”
The Board ruled that the policy, which last underwent revisions in December 2015, conflicted with Mississippi’s 2011 enhanced-carry law, which authorizes individuals with the enhanced license to enter areas where those with a standard license cannot, including “any elementary or secondary school facility” and “any school, college or professional athletic event not related to firearms.”
The temporary policy requires “each local school district (to) have a policy concerning weapons on school premises.”
The Mississippi Free Press was the first to report on the Board ruling.
General Counsel Erin Meyer referred to an opinion issued in 2013 by then-Attorney General Jim Hood (D), which said that an individual with an enhanced concealed carry permit may carry a concealed weapon on a Mississippi public school campus. He noted that schools “may restrict individuals to parts of the campus generally open to the public.”
During the Board meeting Thursday, Meyer said the 1990 policy “predates any notable school shootings or the adoption of our enhanced carry permits.”
“This rule currently conflicts with Mississippi’s enhanced carry statutes, so the enhanced carry statute authorizes individuals who have the proper certification to carry weapons in certain areas that are enumerated in statutes,” she said. “That includes elementary and secondary school facilities, so our policy is currently in conflict with that. State board policies can’t prohibit something that is authorized in law.”
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When I was in school (1950s-1960s), every pickup in the school parking lot had a gun rack and at least one rifle or shotgun in it. We never had school shootings then either.
that was true in rural New Hampshire in the 70’s. Probably most other rural areas also.
Amen
My high school in Washington, DC had a small-bore rifle range and a competitive rifle team. Team members brought their rifles (in cases) to school on buses and streetcars. We also had a cadet corp; officers and first sergeants wore their swords to school when in full dress. Our drill rifles were 1903 Springfields (with firing pins removed) and kept in the school’s armory.
Thought no guns in public schools was a federal law.
Well, just call it a "sanctuary" school.....if states can ignore federal immigration and pot laws....why not?
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