Medford teacher wants to bring firearm to school

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By Associated Press

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A high school teacher in Medford plans to challenge a school district policy that prevents her from carrying a gun on school grounds.
     
Portland lawyer Jim Leuenberger says he will ask a Jackson County judge to declare the Medford School District's policy "illegal and void."
     
Leuenberger says the teacher wishes to remain anonymous and he will list her name as "Jane Doe" in the complaint. When contacted by the Mail Tribune, the teacher says she wants anonymity because she fears for her and her daughter's safety.
     
Leuenberger says the woman has divorced her husband and obtained a restraining order against him.
     
Executive director of the firearms federation, Kevin Starrett, says he had been looking for a case like this one so he could challenge schools' prohibition of firearms.
     
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)
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