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Originally Posted by Lebell
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The story does not seem quite as controversial as the way it
was presented at packing.org ............
Since most Mcdonald franchises are owned and operated by entities other than parent corp, McDonalds, does not an inability on corporate's part, to oversee an employee firearm policy at each outlet, be a reasonable excuse for corporate legal advisors to come down against workplace firearms possession and use, and the associated liability?
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<a href="http://www.kc3.com/news/keep_job.htm">http://www.kc3.com/news/keep_job.htm</a>
McDonald's Employee Keeps Job
Charges Reportedly Have Not Been Filed
HOUSTON, Updated 4:28 p.m. CDT July 12, 2000 -- In response to a viewer's e-mail, McDonald's has answered the question that has caused a heated debate in Houston; Willis Lee is still employed as a janitor at the fast-food chain at 5301 East Freeway.
News2Houston confirmed that Lee is still with the restaurant in the maintenance department.
Lee reportedly voluntarily left after breaking the hamburger chain's rules about carrying weapons to work after shooting two armed robbers on June 26...........
.................the restaurant where the "unfortunate incident happened is independently owned and operated by a franchisee. This maintenance employee remains employed with this McDonald's franchisee and while this is a police matter, no charges have been filed against this employee."
The McDonald's owner, Teroy Vance, who faced the possibility of having to fire Lee, praised his employee for his quick actions.
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More coverage on the political fallout:
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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-life24mar24,1,6814918.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-life24mar24,1,6814918.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true</a>
March 24, 2005
THE NATION
Bush Speaks Out and Stays Silent
................................The Minnesota tragedy has increased alarm among some school safety professionals about Bush's efforts to eliminate funding for two major programs meant to prevent classroom violence, including a Clinton administration initiative to help schools hire more police officers.
"It makes absolutely no sense that at a time when we are talking about better protecting bridges, monuments, dams and even the hallways of Congress, that we are going backward in protecting the hallways of our schools," said Kenneth S. Trump, president of National School Safety and Security Services, a consulting firm.
........................"From a practical standpoint, there really isn't any law that one could imagine that could have helped prevent this," said the strategist, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Some leading Democratic analysts agreed.
"It isn't so much a gun control issue," said Bruce Reed, who helped shape Clinton's response to Columbine as his chief domestic policy advisor.
Rather, Reed said that Bush was "missing an opportunity" to encourage a discussion about the steps the federal government and other institutions could take to reduce youth violence.
In contrast to Bush's eagerness to assert federal control over the Schiavo case, Reed said, the administration had argued that preventing crime was a local responsibility and rolled back Clinton-era initiatives to provide communities with more federal law enforcement assistance.
Under Bush, Congress has cut annual funding from $180 million to $5 million for a program Clinton launched after Columbine to help districts place more police officers in schools. Bush has sought to eliminate all of the program's funding.
Curtis Lavarello, executive director of the National Assn. of School Resource Officers, said, "There isn't a day that goes by that our office doesn't get a call saying, 'The federal funding has dried up. What do we do?' "
The association has also protested the administration's proposal to eliminate a $437-million program that provides grants to states to fund school antiviolence and antidrug programs.
Modzeleski, the Education Department official, said the administration was proposing to eliminate that funding because it had not "proven to be effective in the sense that those dollars could be tied to a decrease in crime and violence."
The administration has proposed an increase of about $85 million in a separate grant program to finance innovations in school safety.
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