It’s only a proposal, and we hope it never gets any further.
The federal Department of Education said last week it is weighing allowing states to use federal funds to purchase guns for schools.
We all want our children to be safe while in classes, and many suggestions have been made as to how that might occur in the wake of recent school shootings. They include more secure systems of ingress and egress, school resource officers in every building, and even – rarely, we hope – thoroughly trained and armed administrators and teachers.
At issue is whether Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants through the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act could be used for the purchase of firearms.
Even if it is judged ultimately permissible, we hope the Department of Education won’t go there.