President Trump on Thursday floated the possibility of paying teachers a “bonus” to carry concealed firearms, stressing the importance of school security even as he calls for strengthening gun laws in the wake of the Parkland mass shooting. He elaborated on the idea Thursday afternoon during a White House listening session focused on school safety with local officials. “What I’d recommend doing is the people that do carry, we give them a bonus, we give them a little bit of a bonus,” Trump said. He again said that if 20 percent of teachers had guns, "you won't have these shootings, because these people are cowards." “The policy hasn’t been fleshed out, but do we really think that’s too much to pay for school safety?” Shah said.

Source: Fox News February 22, 2018 21:45 UTC