Letters: Mar. 1, 2018

Teacher with guns?

In all the discussion about gun control, an idea has been put forward by the President. He is proposing that some teachers at each school be armed in case of a school shooter. It would have been instructive for him to watch the Olympic Biathlon athletes compete. These Olympians race on cross-country skis carrying a .22 caliber rifle, stop at fixed targets to fire single rounds at the target, then continue skiing.

These Olympians practice for years in their home country then practice on the specific Olympic course for days or weeks ahead of competition. As I watched them begi...