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| Donald Trump claims he 'never said give teachers guns' as he defends looking into concealed guns policy | Donald Trump claims he 'never said give teachers guns' as he defends looking into concealed guns policy |
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| Donald Trump is looking at allowing "gun adept teachers with military or special training experience” to carry a concealed weapon at school, and has said he will push to raise the minimum age for buying a firearm to 21. | |
| The President suggested letting about a fifth of teachers carry firearms would allow them to "immediately fire back if a savage sicko came to a school with bad intentions” and act as a deterrent to any possible shooters. | |
| His comments came amid growing calls for action following the Florida school shooting, in which 17 people were killed by a teenager with a semi-automatic weapon. | |
| The President met survivors of the 14 February massacre at the White House, telling them he would look “very strongly” at calls for educators to armed. | The President met survivors of the 14 February massacre at the White House, telling them he would look “very strongly” at calls for educators to armed. |
| “If you had a teacher that was adept at firearms they could very well end the attack quickly,” he said | “If you had a teacher that was adept at firearms they could very well end the attack quickly,” he said |
| Mr Trump later tweeted: “I never said ‘give teachers guns’ like was stated on Fake News CNN and NBC. What I said was to look at the possibility of giving ‘concealed guns to gun adept teachers with military or special training experience – only the best. 20% of teachers, a lot, would now be able to .immediately fire back if a savage sicko came to a school with bad intentions. | Mr Trump later tweeted: “I never said ‘give teachers guns’ like was stated on Fake News CNN and NBC. What I said was to look at the possibility of giving ‘concealed guns to gun adept teachers with military or special training experience – only the best. 20% of teachers, a lot, would now be able to .immediately fire back if a savage sicko came to a school with bad intentions. |
| “Highly trained teachers would also serve as a deterrent to the cowards that do this. Far more assets at much less cost than guards. A ‘gun free’ school is a magnet for bad people. ATTACKS WOULD END!” | “Highly trained teachers would also serve as a deterrent to the cowards that do this. Far more assets at much less cost than guards. A ‘gun free’ school is a magnet for bad people. ATTACKS WOULD END!” |
| He added: “If a potential ‘sicko shooter’ knows that a school has a large number of very weapons talented teachers (and others) who will be instantly shooting, the sicko will NEVER attack that school. Cowards won’t go there... problem solved. Must be offensive, defense alone won’t work!” | He added: “If a potential ‘sicko shooter’ knows that a school has a large number of very weapons talented teachers (and others) who will be instantly shooting, the sicko will NEVER attack that school. Cowards won’t go there... problem solved. Must be offensive, defense alone won’t work!” |
| Armed teachers could stop shooters before police arrive at schools, added Mr Trump. | Armed teachers could stop shooters before police arrive at schools, added Mr Trump. |
| Speaking to pupils and parents in the White House, Mr Trump acknowledged the idea was “controversial”. | Speaking to pupils and parents in the White House, Mr Trump acknowledged the idea was “controversial”. |
| Asked for a show of hands, some of those present indicated they would be in support of the measure and others said they were against. | Asked for a show of hands, some of those present indicated they would be in support of the measure and others said they were against. |
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