TEHRAN, February 24 - "Why do we protect our airports, banks and government buildings but not our schools? It's time to make our schools much harder target for attackers," Trump said in CPAC meeting.
TEHRAN,Young Journalists Club (YJC) - During his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, Trump once again emphasized the arming of more teachers and school security guards as a solution to American school shootings.
He reaffirmed support for arming school personnel. He said his administration is open to hearing ideas on how to improve security at schools, tackle the issue of mental health and ensure when there are warning signs to act quickly.
"Why do we protect our airports, banks and government buildings but not our schools? It's time to make our schools much harder target for attackers," Trump said. "When we declare our schools to be gun-free zones, it just puts our students in far more danger."
Trump said a major deterrent would be to allow concealed carry permits on school campuses.
"Well-trained, gun-adept teachers and coaches and people that work in those buildings, adept with weaponry and guns -- this would be a major deterrent because these people are cowards," Trump said.
Rather than having armed guards stationed around schools, Trump said teachers, coaches and other staff who are adept with a gun are the best form of protection because they love their students.
"A teacher would have shot the hell out of him," Trump said, referring to the Florida gunman.
An armed officer assigned to the Florida school where a gunman killed 17 people last week took cover outside the high school rather than enter the school building and address the killer.
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