Be aware of stats on guns The state of Utah is the only state that unequivocally allows teachers with pistol permits to carry in the classroom from kindergarten through graduate school. There has never been a problem. There has also never been a madman running wild with a gun in those schools. Mass shootings are most likely to occur in “gun-free zones.” Some of us would call them “kill zones.” The very idea that making people helpless makes them safer is insane. An opinion writer in The News-Review’s Dec. 30 paper scorned the influence of violent video games. She should …