Teen Launches Ballot Initiative to Allow Teachers to Be Armed in Montana Schools

By Patriot Outdoor News

Billi needs to get 24,175 signatures to get the proposed initiative on the ballot in 2016.

Montana schools may soon become a little safer thanks to the efforts of one teen at Whitefish High School who filed draft language for a proposed initiative that would allow teachers to be armed in the classroom.

Chet Billi filed draft language for a proposed initiative for the 2016 ballot this week with the Montana Secretary of State.

He’d like to see teachers at all levels carrying, including colleges, in accordance with state concealed-carry laws.

“I have an immense respect for firearms as well as a deep love for them,” Billi, who used to live in Alaska, told MTN News.

Disturbed by the fact that the “first thing the government seeks to do [after a school shooting] is take guns out of the hands of the very people who could have prevented the incident,” Billi decided to draft language for the proposed ballot initiative.

According to a spokeswoman for the Montana Secretary of State, that office sent the ballot language to the Legislative Services Division on Tuesday.

Legislative Services can make recommendations for revisions within …read more

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