Most of the sheriff's staff

that do these little presentations are, in my opinion, far from competent

and are quite likely to shoot themselves in the foot before they'd ever

have any constructive use of their firearms. Instead, they place our children

in distinct danger by wearing, showing, and handling loaded weapons in

our classrooms.

Our public schools, especially

elementary grades, are no place for loaded firearms. Period. As a certified

firearms instructor, I find this flippant practice of Fayette County deputies

goes totally unchecked by our sheriff.

His staff is uniquely known

for their pompous and arrogant displays of their lofty positions, and

they are apparently accountable for nothing and to no one. These "office

types" give the hard-working street deputies within the very same

department an awful name.

But unlike their ranking peers

who flaunt their weapons in front of Fayette County's 8- and 9-year-olds,

they instead risk their lives daily to provide Fayette County citizens

with a comforting level of protection. And you can bet the regular street

officer has a much different attitude toward his firearm and the damage

they are quite capable of causing.

To make matters worse, the

teachers then scold the elementary kids for even speaking about

guns in any manner, even as the DARE officer has just left the building

patting her loaded firearm. This hypocritical [stuff] has got to go. [Sheriff]

Randall Johnson's lack of control of his immediate staff has me pretty

well [angered].

Greg Baxter

Fayetteville