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An Oregon teacher is fighting the school board to be able to bring a gun to school for protection.
Shirley Katz, a teacher at South Medford High School in Medford, Oregon, is fighting for the right to carry a concealed weapon onto the school campus click here. Katz, 44, says she needs a pistol to protect her from estranged husband, Gerry Katz. The teacher also claims to have fear about a Columbine-style attack. The school district has banned weapons from the high school campus. Katz is challenging the ban, stating that it is unlawful because it violates her second amendment rights. Oregon does not ban its residents from taking guns into public buildings, save for certain exceptions.

"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," said Katz in a statement at her home. "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."
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Obtaining a concealed weapons permit in Oregon is not difficult for anyone who has a clean criminal record and completes a gun safety course. The permits can be granted by a sheriff.
Although Oregon is not among them, thirty-eight states, along with the District of Columbia, prohibit anyone from taking guns to school, according to the National Council of State Legislatures. It’s unclear if special weapons permits offer an exemption from the ban.
South Medford High School Superintendent Phil Long insists employees and students are safer without guns on campus. The safety factor will be the basis of the school district’s argument at a hearing scheduled for 2 P.M. on Thursday.
Katz wouldn’t reveal whether she has ever taken a gun to school. However, the teacher is known to practice with it regularly and has thought about what action she would take should she ever have to confront a gunman. Katz says she would be sure students were locked away safely and out of the line of fire, and she would be armed and ready.
"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," she said. 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."
Katz never owned a gun until she moved with her now estranged husband, commercial photographer Gerry Katz, from Atlanta to a rural stead in the foothills of the Cascade Range.
"Being out in the country, we just felt we needed to have a gun here for personal safety," she said.
Shirley Katz said she bought the pistol in 2004 after Gerry Katz allegedly grabbed her by the throat and threatened to kill her. Gerry Katz denies the allegation.
In fact, Gerry Katz is convinced that his estranged wife’s desire to take her gun to school is really about an attempt to get sole custody of their 6-year-old daughter.
"She’s just scamming everybody," he said. "As soon as this thing started…I called the principal at her high school and told her…I am not coming to your school. I am not a threat to her. I have no desire to hurt her."
Some South Medford students have been transferred from Katz’s class due to the controversy. Others say they are uncomfortable with the idea of a teacher carrying a gun to school, especially since they aren’t allowed to bring their own scissors.
"I totally understand she wants to protect herself," said Lauren Forderer, 16, a junior. "But I don’t agree she should bring her problems around 2,000 other people."
Even if she wins, Katz said, she may not bring the gun to school.
"The whole point of carrying concealed is no one should know you’re carrying," Katz said. "So I feel like my carrying concealed on campus now sets me up as a target."
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The simple fact is that gun control laws don’t stop criminals from getting guns, and instead only disarm the law abiding citizens, making them easier targets for the criminals. Nor is it justifiable to deprive law abiding citizens.
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