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10/12/07 MEDFORD TEACHER PASSES FIRST LEGAL HURDLE |
The
Medford
school district filed a motion to dismiss our lawsuit protecting
teachers' rights to carry a concealed handgunon school property.
Yesterday,Jackson County Circuit Judge G. Philip Arnold dismissed
the district's motion and allowed the case to move forward.
While not a final victory, it was still an important and positive
development. (To see local coverage and respond, click here.)
Our attorney argued that the law was clear and the school district
cannot create restrictions on gun possession by license holders.
The school district argued that if trained, licensed adults
were allowed to carry on school property "school districts
... could be reduced to armed camps,"
Oddly, he never explained why they are not "armed camps"
now, when even the school district admits it is perfectly legal
for non employees to carry on school property. Nor did he explain
why the entire state is not an "armed camp" since
thousands legally carry firearms from Portland to Elgin.
No one from the district commented on the insanity in Cleveland
where two teachers and two students were just shot because all
the good people were disarmed.
Based on the comments from callers to talk radio, misinformation
about Oregon law, and fantasies about widespread mayhem, should
we prevail, are fairly widespread, however every poll we have
seen have the supporters of the Medford teacher way out in front.
The Judge has not issued a ruling on the case itself yet, he
as only stated that the case is legitimate and should not be
dismissed out of hand, as the district has requested. We still
have a long way to go. Interestingly, we have been told by a
community college administrator that other school districts
and organizations within the public school establishment are
contributing toward the Medford school district's legal bills.
That makes this even more of a David vs Goliath battle.
We could not have taken on this important fight without your
very generous support. To all of you have contributed, we are
deeply grateful. But we must assume that we have a long way
to go.
This decision could still go either way, and in the event of
a victory for freedom, we are sure the Medford School District
will appeal. After all, it would appear that funding will not
be an issue for them .
Thanks for your support, and we will keep you posted. |
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