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They didn't get the same sort of TV coverage as women's gymnastics, but among the myriad events at the Olympics have been ones that require people to shoot (gasp!) firearms. Marksmanship is indeed recognized as a sporting skill, and no doubt has been ever since flintlock days. All this is to say, when young folks want to target-shoot competitively, under safe conditions, that should be just fine.It follows that public schools should not put up needless obstacles to students' participation in marksmanship contests. That's what Wake County's school system had done. But school officials have seen the light. They're considering a new policy that would let students enter tournaments such as the one sponsored by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. Last spring, the East Wake High School marksmanship team was forced at the last minute to sit the tournament out.Students would have to pass a hunter education course, and events would have to be held at approved ranges. Firearms still would be banned from school grounds. Safety, of course, is a paramount concern, but the school board could enact this policy in confidence that it was not putting students at risk.
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