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Show Ad The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH/NATION Thursday, December3,1998 Utah Bill Would Outlaw Guns in Schools ™@ Continued from A. $$ here is a Second Amendment right to carry guns. But we have to be rational about those rights.” Rep. Dave Jones btain concealed-weapons _perar bills surfaced in the 1997 Legislature, but lawmakers acted on them. House and jershiplet the bills die t hearings vn announced last month was stepping down from i ker’s job. His successoris larly Stephens, also a RepubliMeanwhile, the issue has ked many heartfelt debates who has the right to bar s. Administrators overcourthouses, jails andairire free toban weaponsin rvilities others have come under for trying to restrict guns in nakers hi ke I threatened budget, after nrdered state employry concealed weap ob. The Utah State \lso came underattack make its entire off-limits to con ; throughout thestate dno saponspoli v ough gun-rights advo- et Rumor Blacks : ], Lose Vote YTON LOS ANGELES TIMES naa for decisive action amid confusion, complexity cates have challenged their au- and the movie “Full Metal Jacket” geants howto exert leadership in combat. thorityto doso. whentheyrevised it in 1995, he said “There is a Second Amendment right to carry guns,” he added “But we have to be rational about thoserights.” Hesaid gunscanbedisruptive in schools andcould posea hazard to students. The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints. which has about 3,500 congregations in Utah, declined to take a position on Jones’ bill Church spokesman Don Le- Fevre noted the church m: a statement in May 1996 on ca y- ing weapons to church Churches are dedicated for the worship of God and as havens from the cares and concerns of the world,” the statement says. ators, tank crewmen and marksmanship but the Combat Decisionmaking Range now beingused here marksthe technology’s debut as a teaching tool for infantry cept as requiredby officers ofthe law rines in an urban-warfare exercise in Northern California as a kind of final examination. Modeled after computerized training devel- up on the screen to symbolize returned fire, tear gas, smoke bombs, casualties and more Movements are plotted on a map. squad leaders, the backbone of the Marine oped by the New York Fire Department for training or going out in the hills and getting newbattalion chiefs, the course has aspects of the military computer games that have flooded the civilian market. dirty,” said James Lasswell, a retired Marine “Wehopethatif these Marinesevergetinto a combatsituation, they will have seen some- Within a half an hour, a squad leaderis forced to make 30or morelife-and-death decisions, Chureh, Va., which developed the course. thing like it before and knowhowtoreact, said Capt. Mark Sullo, the combat squad lead- situations but not lose sightof the overall mis- Corps. “This will never takethe placeoflive-fire colonel now working for Gama Corp. of Falls “But maybeit will makesquadleadersbetter prepared when they do go out to the real world.” Soonalleight active-duty Marine Corps reg- iments will receive the CD-ROMs and instruc tion manuals needed for the course. Marine units assigned to amphibiousassault ships will be able to sharpen their combat skills while afloat. In March, Marines fromthe1st Battalion, 5th Regiment — thefirst Marines to undergo the simulation training — will join other Ma- within their walls is inappropriate ex of the enemyfire? Depending on the squad leader's decisions, a computertechnician puts different graphics |} ar Simulators have beenusedfor years for avi- courses, breaksout. A CNN crew showsup. Sniperfire pelts the ground. A Marine is hit. The squad leader has to decide whether to attempt a rescue. Does he dare call for a helicopter evacuation when there is no secure landing zone? Doeshecall for an airstrike when he’s unsure ofthe origin Capt. Mark Sullo Combat squadleaders’project officer about Ma- rines in Vietnam to teach corporals and ser- ‘The carrying of lethal weapons concealed or otherwise, ever get into a combat situation, they will have seen something like it before and knowhowtoreact.” Forthefirst time, the Marine Corpsis using computer-assisted simulations and clips from television news coverage of war-torn Bosnia Jones acknowledged he is in for a fight. Yet, lawmakersdid not intend for the law to be so broad help these people.” Refugees rush toward the Marines, pleading for water. A mob turns ugly and begins to push and shove and clawat the Marines. Looting “We hopethat ifthese Marines CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — The combat maybe simulated but the high-stress demand % OU F INE Thegoalofthe exercise and othertraining is for squadleadersto learn how to both give and take orders, how to deal with immediate ers’ projectofficer. sion, The exercise begins with a squad leader standingat a lectern in front of a movie screen in a darkenedroom. The video rolls and soon the squad leader confronts therealistic dilemmas that could be expected in a modern Third World brush fire A common mistake forsquad leaders is to attempt an immediate rescue of the fallen Marine with the result that another Marine is shot — scene straight from ‘Full Metal Jacket, conflict where civilians are caught in the cross-fire and the adversary prefers ambush. Avoidcivilian casualties,” the captain on the video intones. “Remember, we'rehereto complete with soundeffects Afterthe session, the squad leader’s perfor manceis critiqued. 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