(LaPorte, IN) - A La Porte school board member says the right to bear arms is something he fully supports.

But, he says bringing guns into schools is asking for trouble. Jim Arnold is a former La Porte County sheriff and state senator. On occasion, Arnold says active shooters are taken out by citizens carrying guns but the opposite thing can happen if teachers are allowed to arm themselves at school.

For example, Arnold says a teacher with a gun could be jumped by a student wanting access to a firearm to start shooting. Arnold said some districts in Indiana allow teachers to arm themselves.

LaPorte doesn’t allow it and he would vote against it if a proposal to do so ever came before the school board.