Sentences with phrase «arm teachers instead»

Congress hasn't taken action on gun control, and President Trump, who initially supported a higher age limit for purchasing assault rifles, later backed off, putting forward a plan that included a proposal to arm teachers instead.

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As Parkland gun control activists and their surrogates mock the idea of arming teachers, march for gun bans in D.C., and call for new gun controls via Twitter, they risk driving Americans toward the Second Amendment instead of away from it.

But federal lawmakers have taken limited action, and President Trump quickly abandoned a promise to pursue gun control measures, instead promoting proposals backed by the National Rifle Association to arm teachers.

«Arming teachers would not prevent or reduce gun violence and would instead put our educators and children at grave risk.

Advocates of teacher - training programs say one reason for the relatively high dropout rate is the traditional teacher education, which they say relies too heavily on classroom theory instead of arming newcomers with practical tactics to cope with a packed classroom of students with divergent abilities, language barriers or difficulty sitting still for 30 minutes.

Trump said his recent calls for the arming of many teachers wasn't a universal one, instead likening it to taking advantage of educators with athletic talents to provide additional protection within schools.

Instead, both committees voted down an assault - weapons ban amendment, and the House made arming teachers a little easier.

Many Parkland students and parents vigorously opposed plans to arm teachers, instead they advocated for a ban on semi-automatic weapons like the one used by Cruz.