U.S. teachers are divided on whether arming themselves would make schools safer, with one in five saying they would be interested in carrying a gun to school, according to a nationally representative survey conducted by the RAND Corporation.
The survey found that 54 percent of teachers believe teachers carrying firearms would make schools less safe, 20 percent believe teacher-carry would make schools safer, and 26 percent feel it would make schools neither more nor less safe.
Yet even more concerning to teachers than guns is bullying, which teachers listed as their top safety concern. CONTINUED
RAND Corporation
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