2/22/2018

2A/CRISIS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday morning called for arming select, highly trained, ‘weapons talented’ teachers to thwart mass school shootings, arguing it would deter would-be ‘sicko’ shooters.
Mr. Trump outlined the plan a day earlier, while talking to students and parents at a White House event aimed at coming up with solutions to school gun violence. Following the shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school last week that killed 17 people, Mr. Trump has been rolling out ideas for preventing such tragedies, including stepping up gun background checks and banning ‘bump stock’ devices that turn certain firearms into automatic weapons. He also wants to stop designating schools ‘gun free zones’ so that properly trained teachers and coaches can carry concealed weapons and fire back at a school shooter…
Mr. Trump tweeted that he favors other measures to curb gun violence, including ‘comprehensive background checks’ that take into account a gun buyer’s mental health and raising the age to 21 for the purchase of certain firearms.
The president also praised the National Rifle Association, the foremost opponent of gun-control measures and a powerful fundraising and political organizing group. The NRA spent more than $30 million helping Mr. Trump win the 2016 election.”

-Peter Nicholas, “Trump Renews Call for Arming Select, Trained Teachers to Deter ‘Sicko’ Shooters,” The Wall Street Journal online, Feb. 22, 2018 10:25am