title: REMEMBER WHEN Democrats, Media Mocked Betsy DeVos For Suggesting Schools May Need Guns To Protect Against Bears?…Look What Just Happened!
text: A few weeks ago, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos   a West Michigan native and Detroit charter schools advocate   was widely mocked when she suggested during her confirmation hearing that educators may need  a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies. Her point was the issue of whether guns belong in American schools is  best left to locales and states to decide.  But social media went off the rails after the  grizzlies  comment, with most people saying it s preposterous to suggest a gun should be in a school, around schoolchildren, due to a threat of bears.Watch Trump s Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos cite grizzly bears as a reason states should decide if schools should be allowed to have guns (or not):Citing grizzlies, Trump education pick Betsy DeVos says states should determine school gun policies https://t.co/A8pBds868b pic.twitter.com/qxS1X34aJf  CNN (@CNN) January 18, 2017For those who ridiculed Betsy DeVos for mentioning  potential grizzlies  as a reason for keeping a gun in schools for safety, it may be time to start lining up to apologize: A bear put a pair of Connecticut schools on lockdown this week.Two schools in Southington, Conn., were placed in  Secure School Mode  when a black bear was spotted nearby Tuesday morning, according to WFSB.com.Though the bear eventually moved away from the schools and the  Secure School Mode  was only brief, the report says emails were sent out to parents and the schools took precautions to keep schoolchildren safe.  Detroit Free Press