Firearms and schools are a bad combination

Should teachers be allowed to have weapons on school property?

That is something the Mountain View School District in Idaho is wrestling with in regards to a proposed policy that would allow school personnel to carry weapons on the district’s campuses.

According to a Dec. 20 article in the Lewiston Tribune, one or more of the board members have reservations about the policy. Most Idaho school districts do not allow staff to carry weapons with the exception of the Garden Valley School District north of Boise. The Salmon River, Cottonwood and Kamiah districts are considering adopting similar pol...