European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april142007 stars and stripes Page 13 Lunsfo teachers Bill in Nevada fails by Joe Mullin the associated press Carson City Nevada Senate panel voted 42 thurs Day to kill a Bill that would have Al Lowed teachers to carry firearms to school sb286 was sponsored by sen Bob Beers Las vegas who said he was motivated by the 2004 terrorist takeover of a school in Breslan Russia in which hundreds died arming teachers would allow them to defend against a school shooting or another terrorist at tack Beers said under the proposal teachers would have to Complete a training class and get a concealed weapon permit in order to carry a gun the Senate transportation and Homeland Security committee rejected the Bill with Only Sens Joseph Heck Henderson and Maurice Washington Sparks supporting it i applaud sen Beers for bring ing Forward this fairly controversial topic Heck said citing sever Al High profile school shootings throughout the 1990s if s not that this is something that is really unfortunately that out of the Ordinary opponents said that arming teachers was a dangerous propos Al far More Likely to do harm than Good How will we be Able to Tell the Good Guys from the bad Guys when the cops come in asked sen Maggie Carlton Las vegas i would just be afraid that if something terrible did happen that could end up harming the people were trying to help sen Joyce Woodhouse Henderson a former school teacher and principal said that teachers  be expected to do the Job of trained Law enforcers when i was an administrator of a school my Job was to conduct the business of that building and take care of my students said Woodhouse but it was never to be a police officer and i am Ada mantly opposed to this Bill Mich murder suspect had been denied a permit before shooting Kevin Hagen Bay car Mien Anthony Lacalamita i is arrested following a High Speed Chase on interstate 75 near Detroit Lacalamita is suspected of shooting three people monday at an accounting firm in Troy by Kathy barks Hoffman the associated press Lansing Mich despite being de Nied a permit by police to buy a handgun last month Anthony Lacalamita i had no trouble buying a Shotgun a few weeks later police say the accountant bought the 12gauge Shotgun Friday the Day after he was used it monday to shoot three people at his former office in a de troit suburb killing a Secretary and wound ing two executives Lacalamita 38 was Able to buy the shot gun because Michigan like All but four states Doest require a permit to buy a Shotgun or Rifle the state is one of Only 12 states that require background checks for handgun buyers but those buying shot guns or rifles need Only pass an Fri Crimi Nal background Check the discrepancy is a Legal loophole that needs to be closed say gun control advocates like Paul Helmke president of the Brady Campaign to prevent gun violence the Bottom line is we make it awfully easy in this country to get weapons Helmke said Only 15 states do their own background checks on Long gun buyers while 26 do their own checks on people buying hand guns according to the Brady Campaign Helmke said More states should do Back ground checks because they have better a Cess to criminal databases than Federal authorities do and state checks Are often More thorough despite what his estranged wife attorney said is a history of depression and men Tal health problems there was apparently nothing in Lacalamita Fri background Check that prevented him from buying the Shotgun if s left up to applicants to admit on their Fri background Check form if they have psychological problems stolen Laptop contained workers personal info Charlotte no a Bank of America corp Laptop computer containing the personal information of current and former employees was stolen the company said in a letter to those affected a limited number of people were affected according to the let Ter sent this week and obtained by the Charlotte observer Vonnegut Celebration to go on in Hometown Indianapolis Kurt von Negus s Hometown has been Cele Brating his literary works in a year of Vonnegut and will Honor the late author this month at a foldout event where he had been scheduled to speak fans who were eagerly await ing his lecture on april 27 Are crestfallen at Vonnegut s death said Chris Cairo the Marion county Public Library director of project development Mark Vonnegut will speak at Butler univer sity in place of his father who died wednesday at age 84 10hour shooting Range standoff ends in suicide Tampa Fla a tense 10hour hostage standoff at an in door shooting Range came to an abrupt end when the gunman killed himself Early Friday authorities said none of the hostages was Hurt Jeffrey Lane Dudney 43 of Tampa was already facing at tempted murder charges and went to the shooting Range thurs Day afternoon intending to steal a firearm and flee the area Hills Borough county sheriff David 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