Pubdate: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 Source: State, The (SC) Copyright: 2003 The State Contact: http://www.thestate.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/426 Author: John Rosier Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topics/goose+creek (Goose Creek) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?225 (Students - United States) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm (Youth) GOOSE CREEK POLICE RIGHT TO ACT AS THEY DID How many readers remember Columbine and Paducah, Ky.? Remember how quickly a school can turn into a war zone? Given the allegation that drugs were being sold and money was involved in the Stratford High School incident, there was a great possibility that a gunfight could have developed. With these facts in mind, the police were very prudent doing what they did. Had drug dealers started firing guns and the police not been prepared, there would no doubt have been a lot of police-bashing going on. I am tired of a fickle public bashing our law enforcement personnel at every opportunity. I am not advocating gun control because with guns, the serfs (slaves) in Europe won their freedom from the rich landowners. With guns, the founders of this country threw off the yoke of bondage to England and made this a free nation. With gun control, we would quickly become a nation with a ruling elite, and the rest of us would be forced to do their bidding. JOHN ROSIER West Columbia - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom