Bill shows incredible disconnect

The disconnect is remarkable.
At a recent meeting of a local non-profit organization, the board of directors adopted a firm policy prohibiting firearms or other deadly weapons from the premises. The consensus on the part of the board was clear: Deadly weapons didn’t belong on the organization’s property.
In the interest of maintaining a safe environment for staff, visitors and patrons, the weapons ban made sense.
Meanwhile, about two hours away at the Statehouse, legislation was being considered that would allow students, faculty and community members to bring firearms onto school property.
The proposed legislation — House Bill 1048 authored by Rep. Jim Lucas (R-Seymour) — would require that those firearms stay in a locked vehicle. But it doesn’t take much more than an ounce of imagination to envision how quickly a disgruntled employee, disturbed student or angry parent could become an armed nightmare.
The bill would also reduce the penalty for bringing a firearm into a school. Currently it’s a felony. Lucas wants to lower that to a misdemeanor.
Why are we even having this conversation?
Do school administrators and teachers want to make it easier to have deadly weapons on school grounds? Do students and their parents? Do local law enforcement officers?
Of course not.
What they want is a safe environment for kids’ education and a safe workplace for educators.
And making it easier to take a gun to school isn’t just counterproductive, it’s potentially deadly. — J.R.[[In-content Ad]]