A majority of Americans disagree with President Donald Trump’s proposal to arm teachers, according to results from a new NBC News|SurveyMonkey poll.
Trump, in the aftermath of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last month, has said that arming some of America’s teachers with concealed weapons and training them to “immediately fire back” at a “sicko” gunman would end school shootings once and for all. But many gun violence experts, educators and school safety advocates — as well as 56 percent of Americans surveyed — were against the idea. CONT.
Andrew Arenge & Stephanie Perry, NBC News
