Locked & Loaded

Gun control and school safety: strange bedfellows Rick Lindskog | Letter To The Editor Start with this fact: Statistically speaking, there is no safer place for a child to be than a school – a child is safer in school than at home, church or granny’s. Gun violence in a school is extremely rare, and quite difficult to defend against. Hiring armed guards and installing metal detectors at schools is not only expensive, but it’s also destructive to optimal learning environments. Schools should reflect a climate of safety and well-being, not ‘good guys with guns,’ metal detectors and anti-terrorist security measures. Anti-gun proponents contend there is no legitimate use for semi-automatic assault rifles, insisting we…