Masterson was prepared to share data that show someone with eight hours of training, the requirement for a concealed carry, isn’t equipped for a live-fire situation, which is what this bill supposedly addresses. The ill-prepared could make the situation much worse. A wall of poorly aimed bullets flying through a packed lecture hall would be a bloodbath.

It’s clear McKenzie will do anything to score “gun friendly” points with his paymasters. It’s a move that will go very wrong somewhere in the near future.

A handful of states have legalized on-campus concealment in the wake of recent campus shootings. But the “more guns equals more safety” argument is a smoke screen. The NRA has used the massacre of elementary children in Newtown, Conn. as a cash cow. It tells people “government are coming after your guns.” People sign up. People pay dues. Guns are not under assault in Idaho, or in 95 percent of the country, for that matter. It’s a money-grubbing fallacy. Even the White House admits it’s lost that battle.