“Starbuck” Gun Tweet Loses Half Her Following

A gun tweet from Battlestar Galactica actress Katee Sackhoff resulting in her losing half of her following on Twitter, when after seeing a report about a boy four-years-old who accidentally shot his father after a loaded gun was left unattended at the house of a friend.

Sackhoff's gun sin? After the incident she tweeted this: “Please practice gun safety. This is horrible!”

The bizarre response was because Sackhoff called for gun safety rather than gun control.

Her response to her opponents was this concerning the silly call for no guns: “Never gonna happen in the US. Proper gun safety is a necessity though.”

Before her tweet, Sackhoff had just under 200,000 followers. After the tweet, it dropped to about 98,000, although it rebounded later to over 119,000.


This is great for Sackhoff, as she was shown to be wise, bold and levelheaded, while her detractors looked extremely juvenile in comparison. To think that a call for gun safety would cause this only shows the lack of mental comprehension by gun control opponents. It was a great rebuke to them, largely self-inflicted.

Texas Teachers Can be Armed Marshals Under New Bill

A bill that will allow Texas teachers to be "armed marshals" easily passed the Texas senate, and is
headed to the desk of Governor Rick Perry, where it is expected to be signed.

Employees not in direct contact with students will be allowed to carry concealed weapons on their persons. Those in direct contact with students will have the firearm placed in a lockbox "within immediate reach."

Whether teachers or administrators, after 80 hours of training, they will be allowed to bring a gun on campus.

This is a terrific step in protecting children in the public school system; one that should be adopted across the nation.

The new law will allow one marshall per each 400 students. The name of any marshall won't be on the public records in order to protect them from being targeted in an attack.

It's too bad the provision of one per 400 students was included, as having several marshalls on hand would be even more beneficial to students and teachers.

Nonetheless, this is terrific news, and hopefully will become a groundswell that sweeps the nation.