“Right to carry” permit for school board candidates?

I thought long and hard before posting this. There will be those who will say I made it up. I didn't.

I have been advised three times now, by different people, that because of what I am writing; I should pursue my right to carry a concealed weapon.

Well into the third millennium, deep in the heart of one of the most respected democracies on the planet, a candidate for the school board needs to pack heat?

This is beyond creepy.