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Idaho lawmaker says schools are ‘soft target’ as GOP tries once more to arm teachers

by SARAH CUTLER / Idaho Statesman
| February 18, 2025 4:40 PM

Public school teachers in Idaho would be allowed to carry concealed weapons in the classroom and act as an “armed protection force” against mass shootings under a bill proposed Tuesday. 

“What is it with schools?” bill sponsor Rep. Ted Hill, R-Eagle, told a House committee. “Is it, (attackers) hate children? Or is it a soft target? I think the reality is, it’s a soft target.”

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