Common Folk Using Common Sense

From The Houston Chronicle:

A tiny Texas school district may be the first in the nation to allow teachers and staff to pack guns for protection when classes begin later this month, a newspaper reported.
Trustees at the Harrold Independent School District approved a district policy change last October so employees can carry concealed firearms to deter [...]

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From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Cobb County police Wednesday were investigating the overnight death of a man found shot in the parking lot of a church.
A passerby discovered the victim about 9:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Powers Ferry Church of Christ, at 835 Powers Ferry Road, across the street from an apartment complex. Police [...]

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From 11Alive:

The right to hike — it’s the mission friends of slain hiker Meredith Emerson have undertaken. Emerson’s friends have founded a non-profit organization called Right To Hike that will give hikers a device that could mean the difference between life and death.
“We want to make sure that this doesn’t happen to anyone again — [...]

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Hat tip to the Conservative Scalawag:
From FOX News:

Police identified the gunman responsible for shooting three people at a Los Angeles church festival as 33-year-old Fernando Diaz, Jr., FOX News confirmed on Sunday.
Diaz opened fire at the St. John Baptist de la Salle Roman Catholic parish shortly before 11 a.m. Saturday, wounding three people, before bystanders [...]

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Hat tip to John Hardin:
From the East Tennessean:

It has become harder for students to imagine themselves completely safe on their college campuses because of the recent school shootings across the country. The one-year anniversary of the shooting at Virginia Tech is at hand and images of the Northern Illinois shooting still fresh in our minds, [...]

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From abc7chicago.com:

Gun violence made it a deadly weekend on some of Chicago’s streets. Police Superintendent Jody Weis places the blame on too many guns and gangs. The victims have ranged in age from 12 to 65.
The Chicago Police Department says it definitely has a plan. By ABC 7 News’ count, six shootings were fatal over [...]

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… at a hospital?

Authorities in west Georgia say one person is dead and two more are wounded in a shooting at a hospital.
Columbus Police Chief Ricky Boren confirms that at least one of the three victims in Thursday’s shooting at Doctors Hospital has died.
Police say they wounded the suspect and that he is being treated. [...]

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From WSB-TV:

A $10,000 reward has been offered for information about the murder of a Walton High School graduate Tuesday near Auburn University.
Lauren Burk was found shot to death on a road a few miles north of the Alabama university. Officials said Burk’s boyfriend, identified as Sean McQuade by other students, and other friends have been [...]

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