Oregon Teacher Says It’s Her Right To Pack Heat In Class

Posted on October 8, 2007
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Okay, so this Teacher in Oregon who says it’s her right to carry her pistola in class isn’t from Texas, but with an attitude like hers, she should be. In fact, more Texas teachers could take a lesson from her.

Shirley Katz is a High School English teacher at South Medford High. Shirley says that she fears her ex-husband and a Columbine type situation happening. So she went out and passed a firearms safety class and obtained a Concealed Carry Permit (CCP) from the local Sheriff.

In her words;

I have that (concealed weapons) permit. I refuse to let my ex-husband bully me. And I am not going to let the school board bully me, either.

You go girl!

Of course, the Superintendent, Phil Long,  insist that Students and Faculty are safer without guns on campus. 

Yeah Phil, that’s what they said at Virginia Tech and Columbine.

The local school board prohibits Faculty from bringing guns to school. Katz says this is unlawful and she plans on challenging it.

This is primarily about my Second Amendment right and Oregon law and the simple fact that I know it is my right to carry that gun

Katz carries a Glock 9mm. She refuses to say whether or not she has ever carried the gun to school.

You know, this woman Katz has a lot of common sense. She’s trying to be proactive and refuses to be a victim. She sees the current safety plan at the school as ineffective.

Our safety plan at our school now is that if somebody threatening comes in, you try to avoid eye contact, and do whatever they say, and that is not acceptable anymore. Shootings at Virginia Tech University and the one-room Amish school in Pennsylvania, reinforced my belief we have to take action, we can’t just acquiesce as we have been taught to do.

Yeah, Shirley get’s it. It’s unfortunate the school board and others don’t. But when you stop to think about how the whole mess is ran by Liberals, it’s no surprise they are raising stink over this Teacher being proactive and trying to protect herself and her students.

She even has a plan if an attack occurs. She would be sure students were locked in nearby offices out of the line of fire, and she would be ready with her pistol. Now that’s being proactive!

Let’s all wish her the best of luck in this case. I don’t really see any Oregon court agreeing with her so this thing could go all the way to the top.

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One Response to “Oregon Teacher Says It’s Her Right To Pack Heat In Class”

  1. Martin Vennard on October 19th, 2007 6:20 am

    Hi, I work for BBC World Service radio in London and today (Friday) between 1.30pm and 2pm East Coast Time in the States we will be talking to Shirley Katz live in our international discussion programme, World Have Your Say. She is the Oregon teacher who wants to be able to take a gun to school for her own protection. If you would like to take part in the discussion, please email your phone numbers to martin.vennard@bbc.co.uk or call me on +442085761720.
    Many Thanks
    Martin Vennard

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