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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-10 09:35 PM
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US Department of Education to upgrade its arsenal of learning... with shotguns
Edited on Fri Mar-12-10 09:41 PM by ck4829
Schools may be gun-free zones, but the U.S. Department of Education is locked and loaded.

The agency put in an order this month for 27 new short-barreled shotguns to replace some of its aging arsenal.

You didn't know that the Education Department had an arsenal?

The department and other federal agencies have weapons because the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and some earlier laws empowered agents in their offices of inspector general to carry firearms.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100312/pl_mcclatchy/3450320

Freepers: "Oh no, the book learning types have guns now!!1111 THIS IS SERIES!!!!11111!!!"
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Tansy_Gold Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-10 09:40 PM
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1. Its -- possessive does NOT have an apostrophe n/t
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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-10 09:41 PM
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2. Easy mistake to make
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Tansy_Gold Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-10 09:43 PM
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5. Yeah, but when you're talkin' about the Dept. of Education. . .
it behooves you to get it right.

Know what I mean?


:hi:



TG
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-10 09:41 PM
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3. Chk-chk....BOOM!
That was at the apostrophe, not you.
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mzteris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-10 09:42 PM
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4. they're for the grammar nazis.
:eyes:
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