http://mtpr.org/post/proposed-initiative-calls-concealed-weapons-montana-school"..Billi believes armed public school employees would be the best deterrent to a potential school shooting incident.
"The possibility that there could be a teacher carrying (a weapon on school grounds) I think is going to act as more of a deterrent to violence in our schools than the current signs we have outside our schools that say 'No Firearms Allowed'".
Juneau disagrees, "No, I'm not going to support the new initiative."
She thinks it's a bad idea to start allowing guns in schools, even if those firearms are carried by responsible employees with valid concealed carry permits.
"Because schools are supposed to be safe places for learning, adding guns into that mix threatens that," says Juneau. "It just has so much opportunity for crisis to happen that it's just a bad idea."
Juneau says Montana schools are actively working with law enforcement to develop crisis-response protocols for all kind of situations. She feels that's the best way to prepare for problems.
Billi believes there is a different way to solve gun-related problems.
"If somebody is dead set on killing somebody, the law is the last thing on their mind," says Billi. "The way you stop someone like that is you put a gun in the victim's hands. The whole purpose of a concealed handgun is that nobody knows you have it."
Billi need to collect over 24,000 valid voter signatures to get I-175 on the 2016 ballot. He says he hopes to recruit Montana gun retailers to help him do that."
