President Donald Trump of the United States of America has been slammed for suggesting during a televised event at the White House that arming teachers could prevent more school shootings.
Trump’s suggestion was criticised by families of victims of gun violence, survivors of mass shootings, gun control advocates, teachers and some politicians who described the idea as “terrible”.
Instead, the critics advised Trump’s administration to focus on reforming gun control legislation to check the spate of gun attacks in the country.
“It’s not personally something that I support,” Nicole Hockley, whose son Dylan was killed during the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, told Trump.
“Rather than arming them with a firearm, I would rather arm them with the knowledge of how to prevent these acts from happening in the first place,” she said.
Reports says Trump has already signed an order to ban bump-stock devices, which were used by a gunman who killed 58 Las Vegas concert-goers last year.
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