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Columbine Dad Says School Prayer is Answer to Violence, Not Gun
Control
By Jerry Miller
CNS Correspondent
29 May, 2000

Portsmouth, NH (CNSNews.com)- The father of a 17-year-old student,
murdered during the massacre at Columbine High School, contends gun
control is not the answer to the problem of school violence.

Darrell Scott, father of slain Columbine student Rachel Scott, said
the real answer lies in the "freedom of religious expression" in the
nation's schools, a freedom he contends government at all levels has
worked overtime to eliminate. "There is a God, despite the fact this
government has prohibited worship in the schools."

Scott, on a nationwide speaking tour, spoke during the weekend to a
gathering at the Portsmouth Music Hall. Since June 1999, the 51-year
old Louisiana native has delivered more than 200 talks in 130
communities in 48 states. He and Rachel's mother, Beth Nino, from whom


Columbine blood bath.

"Why are we afraid of looking in the area of free religious
expression, when that might offer solutions," to the issue of school
violence and other concerns facing youngsters, Scott asked.

As for the separation of church and state, which opponents of school
prayers cite, in their opposition to school-based worship, Scott said
it's not part of the Constitution. "People have been brainwashed about
this...it's not in the Constitution."

While insisting he is not opposed to the use of gun safety locks or
other measures, which will prevent school violence, Scott, the father
of five, added, "Laws aren't going to stop the violence. It's idiotic
to think that guns are responsible for my daughter's death. A young
man was responsible for her death.

"The world we have created in America, helped lead to my daughter's
death," he insisted. "Gun control is not the solution. It's not the
answer...to say that will prevent Columbine's from happening is
ridiculous."

Scott said many of the nation's schools mirror the broader culture, a
culture in which he said, "anything goes, everything goes."

Asked why he gave up his job as vice president of a food service
company, to speak on this issue, Scott responded, "It's a sense of
fulfillment. I'm carrying on my daughter's legacy. She wanted to make
a difference...she's doing it through her life, death and writings.
I'm not doing this for therapy or healing."

In fact, Scott admits he doesn't like to deal with the feelings left
by the tragedy, which was caused by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the
two Columbine student-shooters, who, in a matter of minutes, snuffed
out more than a dozen lives. Asked about his feelings over the loss of
his 17 year-old child, Scott responded, "You can't answer that. First,
I don't want to and second, you can't. It's not fully describable. I
don't get into feelings. There's too much positive to focus on."

Asked how he responds when he hears the names of the two killers,
Scott said, "I feel for their families and pray for their families. My
heart goes out to their families and it did from the very beginning."

Scott said the killing brought him and his former wife, the child's
mother, closer together. "The sting of it (the shootings) has already
ended, but I don't think the grieving will ever end." In a way, Scott
also considers himself somewhat lucky, since a son, Craig, was in the
school's library when Harris and Klebold entered and began shooting.

Citing what he called "the lack of spiritual influence" in the
nation's schools," Scott said, "If you remove religious principles
from education, it will breed immorality and that's what's happened."
Scott characterized the presence of "cops and metal detectors," in
schools as "more band-aids," and added, "God has the ability to change
lives."

Speaking of his daughter's "mission," about which she wrote in her
diaries - to help the handicapped, children who are picked on in
school and new arrivals to the school - and the "code of ethics she
lived by," Scott said, "I challenge young people to pick up her torch,
because she can't do it any more."

Next month, during an appearance in Washington, DC at the National
Press Club, Scott said he will unveil the "Acts of Kindness" campaign,
in honor of his daughter. "It's a call to commitment from young
people, who want to make a difference. I want to encourage young
people to make a difference in schools and to give kindness an
opportunity to make a difference in life," said the father. "Passing
laws will not prohibit violence."

morton davis

Most Americans are. Didn't you know that? Or did you not know that Colorado
passed shall issue CCW after Columbine?
http://www.gun-nuttery.com/rtc.php

-*MORT*-

mark richardson

Of Course! God aint no bleedin' heart winny Liberal!

Mark.

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Mark Richardson mDOTrichardsonATutasDOTeduDOTau

Member of S.M.A.S.H.
(Sarcastic Middle aged Atheists with a Sense of Humour)

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limbaugh fart detector

your response is wholly unresponsive....not only that...the phrase
"passed shall issue CCW" makes no sense at all

david lentz

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Egad!

The United States has something like fifty million school
children. It not possible to expect in a population of fifty
million that nobody will suffer a violent death. It sure would
be nice, but it is not going to happen.

As it stands. children are safer in school that they will be at
any other time of their lives.

David

rd (the sandman)

You're welcome.

RD

rd (the sandman)

Smart move. Learn all that you can. This is *not* the hobby for
on-the-job training.

RD