The largest teachers’ unions, security guards and military veterans opposed the president’s plan of arming teachers to keep schools safeTrump insists on arming teachers despite lack of evidence it would stop shootingsIn the past 24 hours, Donald Trump has thrice backed a plan to arm teachers in US schools despite the lack of evidence showing this would end school shootings. In the Thursday meeting, the president suggested offering bonuses to teachers who are trained to carry concealed weapons. Donald Trump stands by proposal to give teachers guns: 'Attacks would end!' At the Wednesday listening session, Trump also described a situation where there would simply be more armed people on campus – not just teachers. “Using my knowledge of both, my guess on what it would take to prevent kids from being killed on 4/20/99: at least 20 Armed Marines (And it’s still a maybe),” Riley said.

Source: The Guardian February 22, 2018 21:45 UTC