‘Gun free’ schools magnets for ‘bad people’: Trump

WASHINGTON: A “gun free” school is nothing but a “magnet” for criminals, President Donald Trump said Thursday, a day after proposing to train and arm some teachers to keep US schools safe. “Highly trained, gun adept, teachers/coaches would solve the problem instantly, before police arrive. GREAT DETERRENT!” Trump tweeted. At a White House meeting late Wednesday with survivors of a shooting rampage at a Florida high school that killed 17 people, Trump suggested arming a select group of teachers to deter mass shootings. “I never said ‘give teachers guns’ like was stated on Fake News @CNN &@NBC,” Trump tweeted. “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. 20% of teachers, a lot, would now be able to...immediately fire back if a savage sicko came to a school with bad intentions. “Highly trained teachers would also serve as a deterrent to the cowards that do this. Far more assets at much less cost than guards. A ‘gun free’ school is a magnet for bad people. ATTACKS WOULD END!” Trump pushed his call to arm teachers following last week´s school massacre in Florida, saying it would be limited to those with military or special training but “would solve the problem instantly.