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Meet the armed man who has been standing guard outside North Thurston schools
Tony Overman/toverman@theolympian.com
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Rolf Boone
Mon, September 26, 2022 at 7:00 AM·7 min read

Meet Anthony Triplett Jr. He’s 31, he lives near Lacey and he’s a nine-year Army veteran with two children enrolled in North Thurston Public Schools’ Evergreen Forest Elementary and Nisqually Middle School.

He has worked in federal security, he says, and he followed that by forming a nonprofit called All in a Days Work to address veteran suicides.

And then on May 24, a mass school shooting unfolded in Uvalde, Texas, killing 21 people, including 19 students.

Triplett’s children asked him if they had to return to school the next day.

“It was heartbreaking,” said Triplett. Galvanized by the moment, Triplett asked himself, “What can I do?”

Around the time of the Texas shooting, there were elevated concerns about school safety, said North Thurston Public Schools spokesman Aaron Wyatt. Some in the community offered to patrol school hallways and some asked if bullet-proof glass could be installed, he recalls.

Triplett decided to form Veteran Overwatch, essentially offering his services as a security guard. He wrote up a proposal and sent it to the city of Lacey and North Thurston Public Schools, he says, but did not get a response. He then took it upon himself about a week or two after the Uvalde shooting to stand guard near North Thurston High School.

Triplett said he is working with other veterans, but he appears to be the public face of the group.

When he is on watch, Triplett says he wears a bullet-proof vest, he identifies himself as part of Veteran Overwatch and he carries a pistol. He also has a service dog named Jade. Washington state has an open-carry law, meaning he is allowed to carry a weapon in public view. He also is licensed to carry a concealed weapon, which requires a background check, Triplett points out.

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Of course he never heard back, God forbid they do something proactive.
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I think he might actually be in violation of federal law.
Something about carrying a loaded gun within 1000 feet of a school.

This would be an example of it being illegal to do good.

By the way, the law does allow people who live within 1000 feet of a school
to have loaded guns in their home,
and to carry them through the 1000 foot zone
to and from other places where it is legal to carry them.

He is on a public sidewalk, so he cannot be charged with trespassing.
He has every RIGHT to be on a public sidewalk,
as long as he does not obstruct anyone.

I suggest he contact the local police chief
and discuss his volunteer effort.
Maybe he could request the county Sheriff to
grant him authority as a Deputy.

School shootings are actually quite rare.
The chance of a random student
going through all 12 years of schooling
and not having a shooting at THEIR school
is well over 99 percent.
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