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Ian Thompson's story makes one want to puke. Three guys wearing facemasks and carrying molotov cocktails paid him a visit one night. After spotting the individuals, Ian ran into his house and got his side arm. Being a firearms instructor - who was familiar with the gun laws in Canada - he was well trained with his firearm and when he came out of his house he fired a warning shot into the ground and the hooligans fled. Ian then went to the police to make a report and was then charged for pointing his gun at a person and for discharging it. He went to court and eventually was aquitted. Unfortunately Ian was left to pay for his legal fees - while the crown was paid for by the government. From what I understand he is now in considerable debt and owes over fifty thousand dollars.
Beware of any gun registry too. Ours was supposed to cost a couple million and ended up costing over a billion. And the kicker was it did nothing to curb any gun violence and ended up just hurting the law abiding gun owner.
jaYson
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I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.
--Haim Ginott--
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