teachers won’t make schools safer”

One of the proposed solutions to school shootings is to train and arm teachers with firearms. However, a survey by the RAND Corporation indicated that a majority of teachers felt such measures would make them feel less safe.

USA Today reported Tuesday that 54 percent thought armed teachers would make them feel less safe and 26 percent thought it would make no difference.

Only 20 percent believed it would improve safety. Most of those with that opinion indicated they would be interested in carrying a gun on campus.

Education Week reports that there have been 24 shooting incidents in school campuses resulting in death or injury in 2023.

“If Heaven were based on merit rather than favor, your dog would get in and you would stay out.”

– Mark Twain