Alaska school district considers allowing teachers and staff to carry handguns at work

Alaska school district considers allowing teachers and staff to carry handguns at work

Matanuska-Susitna Borough Administration Building in Palmer (Photo by Amy Bushatz/Mat-Su Sentinel)The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District is scheduled to consider a proposal that would pay teachers, staff and contractors to carry handguns at schools in the borough. The move, billed as a security measure, would be the first of its kind by a school district in Alaska.  Current state law forbids anyone from carrying a concealed firearm on sch…