Aquinas president disagrees with Rep. legislation in WI to conceal-carry in private schools

Knutson trusts common sense will prevail

The Aquinas Schools president has made his position clear on the right to have weapons on school property.

A state senator from Kewaskum, Wis., is planning to push legislation that would allow people with concealed-carry permits to have guns on school grounds. 

Republican Jesse Kremer said the bill would only impact private schools. 

“As a private school administrator I would have no support of that,” Aquinas president Ted Knutson said. 

It’s an issue, however, he is also not too worried about.

“I have a lot of trust in our state government and I have to believe that the process will work and common sense will prevail,” Knutson said. “I support the right to carry conceal in the state but I don’t believe weapons belong on school property – private or public.”

Kremer says barring legal gun owners from school grounds is unsafe and unfair.