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frankie_the_yankee wrote:
But a deterrent to who? A rampage killer? A gang banger?

It looks to me that these screechy signs are "aimed" at the CHL'er, who just happens to belong to the most law-abiding segment of society.

I don't think "crazy" is quite the correct word.

I think you are exactly correct, those signs are aimed at CHL holders. And for me, at least, it is a pretty effective deterrent. I don't need the hassle. I might feel differently if my own kids had to go there, but they don't.

So you don't like the word crazy? Is misguided better? Like you, I have roots in the far north east. I have seen a lot of this attitude there, even among my own family members. It seems to be a belief that guns as objects are evil and dangerous. Crazy seems to fit pretty well, actually.

Photoman wrote:

lrb111 wrote:Someone needs to show up at an AISD meeting and demand to know how much of the tax payers money went into those illegal signs, who's idea are they, and who authorized spending the money.

That's a good idea except they are not illegal, just incorrect.

Still, a lot of time and money was expended designing, making and installing a bunch of incorrect signs and if I lived in Austin I would want to know who messed up.

I don't think they messed up. I think they knew exactly what they were doing. They want to keep weapons off school property, and even without being enforceable, they hope these signs will be a deterrent. I wouldn't go there, armed or not, just because those people are a little crazy, and they don't like my kind

I've seen that sign on an Austin elementary campus. At that school the signs are posted on the outside of the fence, at the sidewalk and parking lot. They put up a lot of those signs. It seems clear that when they mention "school property" they mean any piece of dirt inside that fence.

Given the part of town that school is in, I am sure if anyone thought someone was carrying there would be hysterics. Legal to carry or not, those folks would go bananas.