President Trump at CPAC Insists Arming Teachers, Not Gun Control, Will Keep Schools Safe
Feb 24, 2018, 01:25 PM
President Donald Trump reiterated his support for arming teachers during his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday morning, saying that keeping guns out of schools makes them targets for mass shooters.
"When we declare our schools to be gun free zones, it just puts our students in far more danger," said Trump. "People that are adept with weaponry and with guns — they teach. I don't want to have 100 guards with rifles standing all over the school.