That's an awesome interview. It was extremely annoying that she just kept harping on the issue.
First of all. It's scouts. One of the major points if not the foremost one is teaching survival and outdoors living technique. Well, that's pretty difficult when not armed. Not saying it's not doable, just that you'd be a much skinnier person if you managed to do it without.
She also doesn't help herself with the uppity tone she took with him. As though somehow she was his superior and was schooling him in a sarcastic way. She barked up the wrong tree that time.
Better to understand how, when, and why you should use it than to send someone out there all willy nilly playing with the trigger at random. Very similar to mouths, opinions and body parts.
Ugh.