Confused Trump takes 4 different positions on arming teachers in 24 hours--now 5

Now Trump has 5, as he stated that it should be left up to the states (this article is 2 days old)
Leaving it up to the states gets him and Congress off the hook in voting for this!



Confused Trump takes 4 different positions on arming teachers in 24 hours
By
Matthew Chapman -
February 22, 2018



Trump has a very strong opinion on letting teacher carry guns. He just doesn't seem to know what it is.

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The first phase of Trump’s dramatic, whiplash evolution on guns in classrooms began on Wednesday afternoon during his “listening session” with school shooting survivors and the families of victims. He advocated “concealed carry for teachers and for people … of that type of talent.”

He ignored the emotional plea of Parkland survivor Samuel Zeif to clamp down on “weapons of war,” despite the fact that his crib sheet explicitly reminded him to “hear” the people there.

But after Trump’s remarks provoked condemnation, including from a teacher who had voted for him, Trump was prompted to angrily “clarify” his position on Twitter Thursday morning.

“I never said give ‘teachers guns’ like was stated on Fake News @CNN & @NBC,” Trump tweeted, in a seeming disavowal of his first idea.

But then, in the same tweet, he adopted a third stance, saying that we should arm some teachers. “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.”

Later that day, Trump took a fourth swing at articulating his stance in his “school safety” meeting. According to the White House press pool, he argued for a system in which teachers get “a little bit of a bonus” for being armed and asserting that either 10%, 20%, or 40% of teachers would be qualified...............

Link to tweet

And today:


https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/24/trump-armed-teachers-states-nra-423442



Trump says decision to arm teachers is 'up to states'

By BRENT D. GRIFFITHS

02/24/2018 03:00 PM EST
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President Donald Trump on Saturday said it should be "up to states" to decide whether to arm teachers, a new twist to a proposal the president has repeatedly and controversially floated in the wake of the recent mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

"Armed Educators (and trusted people who work within a school) love our students and will protect them," the president wrote on Twitter. "Very smart people. Must be firearms adept & have annual training. Should get yearly bonus. Shootings will not happen again - a big & very inexpensive deterrent. Up to States."

According to a CBS News report, eight states allow teachers to carry concealed carry in the classroom. The idea, backed by the pro-gun National Rifle Association, is also being considered by lawmakers in four other states.

Organizations representing teachers, school resource officers and principals have condemned such a policy. Instead some officials point to investing more in school resource officers, who are specially trained law enforcement officers detailed to some schools. .................