He's also suggested
arming school teachers.
Also in the poll: An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers support the SAFE Act along with proposed new gun control measures in the state, though they oppose the idea of
arming school teachers.
Most of the proposals being put forth by Trump and the NRA, such as
arming school teachers, are meant only to deflect attention from the real problem: we allow dangerous people to own guns.
In the wake of the deadly shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the 18th school shooting to occur in the U.S. in 2018, many have attempted to focus the debate on the possibility of
arming school teachers and other school employees as a way of deterring and preventing future school shootings.
He also said he «isn't opposed» to the idea of
arming a school teacher as long as they're properly trained and licensed.
Prior to this week's White House announcement, Gov. Larry Hogan had already stated that he is against the president's push to
arm school teachers.
Not exact matches
Guns have been strictly controlled in the United Kingdom for the past few decades, spurred in large part by the 1996 Dunblane massacre, when 15 children and their
teacher were killed by a local man who walked into a
school in the Scottish city
armed with four hand guns and began shooting.
In the wake of the mass shooting last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School, we have heard a familiar refrain from those steadfastly opposing any kind of gun reform: To stop
armed students, put
armed guards — or
teachers «adept at firearms,» as President Trump proposed — in
schools.
After graduating from the first Imagine K12 incubator class in 2011, Class Dojo co-founders Sam Chaudhary and Liam Don were
armed with a background in education, seed capital, and interviews with thousands of
teachers about the biggest time - suck they faced at
school — behavior management.
«The removal of this component, combined with the possibility of
armed teachers in our
schools, sets the stage for transforming our
schools into prisons,» the NAACP said.
Rather than engage with this logic, many are suggesting that a possible solution to increasing
school safety would be
arming teachers.
Jesse Randal Davidson, a popular
teacher at Dalton high
school, is accused of firing shots in class, prompting debate on
arming educators
Included in the proposals is a contentious, $ 67 million voluntary program to
arm school staff, including
teachers, trained by law enforcement to carry concealed weapons on campus.
Robert W. Runcie, the superintendent of Broward County Public
Schools, said in an interview that he opposed
arming teachers.
As Vox's German Lopez explains, there's no good research that supports this theory, particularly when it comes to
arming teachers or others in
schools:
The Senate president, Joe Negron, also a Republican, suggested a possible compromise on Friday,
arming noninstructional
school personnel rather than
teachers.
He's hit the nail on the head, about making our kids safe in
school,
arming teachers who are qualified and having law enforcement on the premises.»
Kansas lawmakers are considering legislation that would hold
schools liable for refusing to allow
teachers to be
armed for defense of themselves and their students.
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump, after listening to a series of emotional stories and pleas to enhance
school safety at the White House Wednesday, floated the idea of
arming teachers and
school staff, an idea that was met with support from many of the attendees.
Nicole Hockley, whose six - year - old son was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary
school shooting, took the microphone and told Trump she would rather
arm teachers with ways to prevent shootings in the first place rather than with a firearm.
«If you had a
teacher who was adept with the firearm, they could end the attack very quickly,» he said, stating that
schools could
arm up to 20 % of their
teachers to stop «maniacs» who may try and attack them.
Students in Erie, Pennsylvania, need no longer worry about
school shooters, as their
teachers will now be
armed.
President Trump has proposed
arming teachers to help secure the nation's
schools.
-- A Georgia high
school teacher brought a gun to
school and fired a shot, testing Trump's theory on the safety of
arming teachers.
Trump has gone so far as to suggest incentivizing
arming teachers, giving those who carry a gun to
school bonuses.
TALLAHASSEE — For the first time in two decades, the Republican - controlled Legislature passed Wednesday night major gun - control measures while also agreeing to
arm some
teachers and other
school staff.
Armed teachers would be a supplement to armed school officers that are already on ca
Armed teachers would be a supplement to
armed school officers that are already on ca
armed school officers that are already on campus.
Recent
school safety proposals introduced after Parkland — like potentially
arming some
teachers and staff — also ignore that students of color, especially black students, are more likely to face discipline and punishment in
schools than their white peers, and that many of these disparities could be exacerbated by recent proposals to
arm teachers or increase
school security.
Earlier in the day, about two dozen
teachers at Stoneman Douglas waved signs in front of the
school and said they did not want to be
armed with guns in order to keep students safe.
Last month, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed a gun control bill that included a provision to
arm some trained
school employees — but not full - time
teachers.
Republicans and Democrats Agree
Arming Teachers don't make
schools safer TALLAHASSEE — Less than two weeks after the Parkland shooting, Florida Republicans are playing politics with public safety and embracing one of Donald Trump's most widely derided proposals to reduce gun violence.
About 8 in 10 Republicans say they prefer metal detectors (41 percent) and
armed teachers (38 percent) to stricter gun laws (9 percent) when it comes to preventing gun violence in
schools.
In the midst of the national conversation about
arming teachers and right before high
school students around the country walked out to protest gun control laws, a high
school teacher...
While applauding
teachers for doing everything that they could, LaPierre asked audiences to imagine how things might have gone differently if the
school had been policed by
armed personnel.
«We become, in effect, an educational
arm of the charity, working with
teachers, often at a
school assembly, and then following up in the classroom.»
The Wisconsin Dairy Council, the nutrition education
arm of WMMB, has six regional program managers throughout Wisconsin who work with
school foodservice staff and
teachers to promote the nutritional benefits of dairy products for students.
During a «listening session» with parents and students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School, President * Donald Trump suggested arming teachers as a way to combat school shoo
School, President * Donald Trump suggested
arming teachers as a way to combat
school shoo
school shootings.
The men and women in the
Armed Forces, the President, the police, the firemen,
teachers at
school.»
Cuomo trained his crosshairs on seven New York Republican House members over the gun issue as Trump rolled out a
school - safety plan long on NRA ideas like
arming teachers and short on Democratic - backed proposals like universal background checks.
However, if you slaughter your family and then take your guns to the nearest
school and murder children you can expect a violent reaction from
armed police so I don't think they would be deterred by an
armed teacher or two.
Armed security officers are becoming more prevalent at America's
schools, according to a federal study released amid a heated debate over whether
teachers and other
school officials should carry guns.
The president also intensified his calls for
arming highly trained
teachers as part of an effort to fortify
schools against shooting massacres like the one that occurred in Parkland, even as he denounced active shooter drills that try to prepare students to survive a rampage.
The principal of a Queens middle
school twisted
teachers»
arms to vote for joining a pet program of NYC
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, and launched a revenge campaign after peeking at the secret ballot, a probe found.
Trump's plan — coming from the NRA's talking points — to «harden»
schools and
arm teachers received a failing grade from parents, educators,
school safety experts and public officials.
A tweet sent by Trump in 2016 in which he denied wanting guns «brought into the
school classroom» has resurfaced after a White House conversation about
arming teachers as a way of stopping
school shootings.
An
armed Social Studies
teacher holed up in a classroom and fired off a round inside a Georgia high
school.
Miller Place is the first Long Island district to publicly acknowledge the posting of
armed security personnel since the Feb. 14 shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School that killed 17 students and
teachers but other local systems are moving in that direction.
The response to
arming teachers as a way to combat
school shootings sounds like any other debate about guns.
The Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School by a gunman armed with an AR - 15 style assault rifle has reignited national debate over gun laws and school safety, including proposals by President Donald Trump and others to designate more people — including trained teachers — to carry arms on school gr
School by a gunman
armed with an AR - 15 style assault rifle has reignited national debate over gun laws and
school safety, including proposals by President Donald Trump and others to designate more people — including trained teachers — to carry arms on school gr
school safety, including proposals by President Donald Trump and others to designate more people — including trained
teachers — to carry
arms on
school gr
school grounds.
Former NYPD top cop Ray Kelly took to the air waves to reject Trump's idea to
arm teachers in schools, saying: «Teachers shoul
teachers in
schools, saying: «
Teachers shoul
Teachers should teach.