Since the Parkland shooting, President Donald Trump has advocated arming teachers as a solution for school shootings. During a meeting with students and teachers from the Parkland shooting, Trump said, “If you had a teacher who was adept at firearms, they could very well end the attack very quickly” (Smith). While some support arming our educators, others are unsure. Some fear arming teachers could result in more casualties and overall fearful students. I believe that arming teachers is dangerous and an irresponsible waste of valuable funds.
If teachers were armed during a school shooting, would the outcome be any different? For instance, take the Parkland school shooting, what if a teacher had a gun? Would there be less victims or more? Those are the
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How are we protecting students by bringing guns into schools? Classrooms can become chaotic resulting in many frustrated teachers. At one time or another most have witnessed an educator lose their cool. What if that educator had access to a weapon? Even when the classroom is calm accidents could still happen. Just recently CNN reported that a California teacher accidentally fired a gun during a gun safety lesson injuring a student (Chavez.) Though in California it’s illegal to have guns in schools there are exceptions for peace officers or others with special permission. Bringing firearms into schools is much more dangerous than some may think. President Donald Trump claims that guns would only be given to teachers who are the best of the best, ones with training. But even with the right qualifications there are still many issues. Just recently in Dalton, Georgia there was an incident of a teacher firing a gun. Randal Davidson, a beloved 53-year-old social studies teacher at Dalton Highschool. He is a father of five, and a former winner of Dalton High school’s teacher of the year award back in 2015. That was