Dick Yarbrough
Legislators shooting to beat plowshares into pistols
Son of a gun. Rep. Rick Jasperse, R-Jasper, is at it again. Georgia’s version of Wyatt Earp was the chief gunslinger in getting a bill passed in 2014 that was intended to let us lock-and-load most anywhere we want — libraries, churches, bars, airports — but he and his posse couldn’t talk the Board of Regents into letting students in our colleges and universities pack heat. (“Good Lord, Purvis! That running back is gonna take that ball all the way for a touchdown on us. Waste that sucker!”)
To remedy this grave oversight — while ignoring the piddling fact that more than 70 percent of Georgians oppose allowing students to carry guns on college campus — Jasperse is back this session with House Bill 859, which is being cosponsored by Reps. Mandi Ballinger, R-Canton, John Meadows, R-Calhoun, Alan Powell, R-Hartwell, Dustin Hightower, R-Carrollton, and Rep. Trey Kelley, R-Cedartown.
As information, Jasperse is a graduate of the University of Georgia; Ballinger went to Kennesaw State; Meadows attended West Georgia as did Hightower; Powell studied at Georgia Southwestern; and Kelly got his undergraduate degree from Shorter.
I asked Junior E. Lee, general manager of the Yarbrough Worldwide Media and Pest Control Company, located in Garfield, Georgia, to do some research to see if the bill’s sponsors might have had some traumatic experiences regarding guns while in college as soon as he finished worming Mr. Harlee Ledbetter’s goats. First things first.
After washing up — worming a goat can be messy, particularly if the goat would rather be doing something else – Junior made an exhaustive search and says he can find no incident where any one of them was ever shot at while in college or ever felt the need to make somebody’s day. I found that strange. Junior did not. Junior says politicians can do some weird stuff and thinks they all would benefit from a good worming from time to time.
House Speaker David Ralston has indicated he supports the bill and says that “getting a college degree should not mean abdicating your Second Amendment rights.” Speaker Ralston got his undergraduate degree from North Georgia College. Junior doesn’t think Mr. Ralston got shot at, either. I didn’t ask him about the wisdom of a good worming since the Speaker and I seem to be on good terms these days and I would prefer to keep it that way.
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As information, Jasperse is a graduate of the University of Georgia; Ballinger went to Kennesaw State; Meadows attended West Georgia as did Hightower; Powell studied at Georgia Southwestern; and Kelly got his undergraduate degree from Shorter.
I asked Junior E. Lee, general manager of the Yarbrough Worldwide Media and Pest Control Company, located in Garfield, Georgia, to do some research to see if the bill’s sponsors might have had some traumatic experiences regarding guns while in college as soon as he finished worming Mr. Harlee Ledbetter’s goats. First things first.
After washing up — worming a goat can be messy, particularly if the goat would rather be doing something else – Junior made an exhaustive search and says he can find no incident where any one of them was ever shot at while in college or ever felt the need to make somebody’s day. I found that strange. Junior did not. Junior says politicians can do some weird stuff and thinks they all would benefit from a good worming from time to time.
House Speaker David Ralston has indicated he supports the bill and says that “getting a college degree should not mean abdicating your Second Amendment rights.” Speaker Ralston got his undergraduate degree from North Georgia College. Junior doesn’t think Mr. Ralston got shot at, either. I didn’t ask him about the wisdom of a good worming since the Speaker and I seem to be on good terms these days and I would prefer to keep it that way.
For the complete column pick up your copy of The Baxley News-Banner on newsstands today or CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE.
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