Trump Embraces Guns for Teachers, Scorns ‘Coward’ Florida Deputy
- Bonuses to teachers who carry guns among Trump’s suggestions
- President praises gun lobby a week after Florida massacre
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President Donald Trump intensified his call to arm “gun-adept” teachers and school staff on Friday, taking another step toward gun-rights advocates even as he proposes some changes they’ve long opposed.
The president was met with cheers at the Conservative Political Action Conference when he proposed that trained school officials carry concealed weapons. He said armed faculty members could have stopped last week’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, where a gunman killed 17 people.