According to the Guardian, Trump would find the funding to train and arm up to 1 million teachers because everyone knows we need more guns in circulation in the U.S., right? Especially in schools:
The White House indicated on Thursday that the federal government could come up with the money to fund as many as a million teachers being trained and armed with guns across America in a controversial attempt to keep schools safe from more mass shootings.
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Teachers’ unions have expressed shock and skepticism that any such plan could be feasible or effective.
But at a meeting at the White House with state and local officials early Thursday afternoon, Trump talked of paying bonuses to some teachers, providing “highly adept people, people who understand weaponry, guns ... [with] a concealed permit”.
He suggested paying bonuses to armed, trained teachers, suggesting that “10, 20, 40%” of teachers could be qualified to do so, especially retired military personnel.
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The NRA absolutely love the idea:
Trump's controversial proposal to arm some teachers and other school staffers has been pushed by the National Rifle Association, and on Monday he defended the gun lobby group which was a strong backer of the president's during the 2016 campaign.
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One of the dumbest ideas ever to have come out of this White House. But, ignoring that for a moment, here’s my question:
Trump and the NRA would be totally cool with training and arming teachers in Islamic schools too, right? I would think so, right?
Right?
Because, you know, there are religious schools of all kinds in the U.S., including quite a few that are Islamic, teaching kids from kindergarten up. Someone should ask Trump and the NRA folks.
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An aside: The NRA is presenting arming teachers as an ‘acceptable’ rational approach to the alternative of banning AR 15s and similar semi-automatic weapons, which they view as ‘unacceptable.’ Why are these even considered alternatives? They’re not. Even assuming that arming teachers was a good idea (it’s not), doing so does not negate the need to ban AR 15s.
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Resist!