President Donald Trump holds notes during a listening session with high school students and teachers in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. Trump heard the stories of students and parents affected by school shootings, following last week’s deadly shooting in Florida. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The White House held the first in a series of listening sessions on school gun violence. Some of the conversation caused strong reaction on Twitter over who should become a first-responder when school shootings happen. More from AURN White House correspondent April Ryan.
I never said “give teachers guns” like was stated on Fake News @CNN & @NBC. What I said was to look at the possibility of giving “concealed guns to gun adept teachers with military or special training experience – only the best. 20% of teachers, a lot, would now be able to
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 22, 2018
….immediately fire back if a savage sicko came to a school with bad intentions. Highly trained teachers would also serve as a deterrent to the cowards that do this. Far more assets at much less cost than guards. A “gun free” school is a magnet for bad people. ATTACKS WOULD END!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 22, 2018
….History shows that a school shooting lasts, on average, 3 minutes. It takes police & first responders approximately 5 to 8 minutes to get to site of crime. Highly trained, gun adept, teachers/coaches would solve the problem instantly, before police arrive. GREAT DETERRENT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 22, 2018
Trump had to read off a card to say, “I hear you.”
This is a sick joke. https://t.co/Nnk91e5rzE
— Adam Jentleson (@AJentleson) February 21, 2018
RT if you think teachers need school supplies & a living wage more than they need guns. #ParklandStudentsSpeak #ListeningSession pic.twitter.com/jE3xIv05nh
— Millennial Politics (@MillenPolitics) February 22, 2018
8 a.m. and I’m already in a rage. Obviously, after yesterday’s “listening session” @realDonaldTrump didn’t really HEAR anything.
He must have been severely spanked by Stephen Miller and the @NRA yesterday. Again showing that he has no spine. https://t.co/bKiaoqcxjj
— 🖕🏻Aunt Crabby 🖕🏻 (@DearAuntCrabby) February 22, 2018
Trump’s instinctive reaction to the #NeverAgain protests and a “listening session” with parents of murdered children? Propose a policy that only helps the @NRA. Arm teachers—surely at market cost—and force them to be walking adverts for gun culture’s sick idea of safety.
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 22, 2018
