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TexasTowelie

(112,527 posts)
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 01:12 AM Dec 2016

Some legislators, as usual, are a few bullets shy of a full clip

A state lawmaker has come up with an idea to combat school shootings, and it’ll go over like a lead balloon with folks upset about those gun billboards on I-26.

You know, the ones featuring an AR-15 with a suppressor and the message “Do you hear what I hear?”

Classy. Nothing says Peace on Earth like a military-style rifle.

Anyway, state Sen. Kevin Bryant – who has graciously volunteered to take the lieutenant governor’s job – pre-filed legislation this week that would allow public school teachers to carry guns into the classroom. Yes, that old chestnut roasting on an open fire.

Read more: http://www.postandcourier.com/columnists/hicks-column-some-legislators-as-usual-are-a-few-bullets/article_f1655c9a-c23e-11e6-96e1-a7d46ca44461.html

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