US President Donald Trump has reiterated his proposal to arm school teachers as a great deterrent against mass shootings, describing “gun free” schools as a “magnet” for criminals.
In the backdrop of last week’s deadly school shooting in Florida, Trump suggested that arming teachers “would solve the problem instantly.”
“Highly trained, gun adept, teachers/coaches would solve the problem instantly, before police arrive. GREAT DETERRENT!” Trump wrote in a series of posts on Twitter early on Thursday.
At a White House meeting late Wednesday with survivors of a shooting rampage at a Florida high school that killed 17 people, Trump suggested arming a select group of teachers to deter mass shootings.
