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Trump wants teachers to get paid more if they carry a gun
NY Post ^ | February 22, 2018 | 2:26pm | Bob Fredericks

Posted on 02/22/2018 12:33:17 PM PST by conservative98

President Trump on Thursday repeated his call to arm teachers to prevent mass school shootings — saying that as many as 40 percent of a school’s educators could pack heat and get bonuses for their efforts to keep kids safe.

“I want certain highly adept people, people who understand weaponry, guns … [and] a concealed [carry] permit” for teachers to carry guns on school property, the president said during a White House sitdown with members of his cabinet, lawmakers and Mayor Christine Hunschofsky of Parkland, Florida.

Fourteen students and three staffers were gunned down at a high school there by a 19-year-old former student armed with an assault rifle last week.

SEE ALSO Trump: I only said I would arm some teachers Trump: I only said I would arm some teachers Trump said the armed educators should get “a little bit of a bonus” and mentioned 10 percent, 20 percent and 40 percent as possible numbers of teachers who would qualify for the “rigorous training” that would be required.

School security guards alone are not the answer, he added.

“You can’t hire enough security guards … You need 100, 150 security guards. But you could have concealed [guns] on the teacher,” Trump said

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; florida; guns; nra; parkland; pay; secondamendment; teachers; trump
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1 posted on 02/22/2018 12:33:17 PM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Well, he’s the “bully pulpit” we need on the sane side of this issue.


2 posted on 02/22/2018 12:35:42 PM PST by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: conservative98
Why do the libs hate teachers so much!?

Don't they want them to get paid more?

3 posted on 02/22/2018 12:37:05 PM PST by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: conservative98

Wow, a very good *capitalist* idea.


4 posted on 02/22/2018 12:37:14 PM PST by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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To: conservative98

Who pays?


5 posted on 02/22/2018 12:37:17 PM PST by Tax-chick ("The societal moronization ... is profound and terrifying." ~Mark Steyn)
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To: Tax-chick

Love that man!


6 posted on 02/22/2018 12:38:01 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: conservative98
"We must do something"

Every time there's a shooting, the same liberals whine over the same thing.

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7 posted on 02/22/2018 12:38:07 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: conservative98

The police can be there in minutes when seconds count. This is already being done in some schools in Texas, and no one has been killed.


8 posted on 02/22/2018 12:38:09 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Just hand out the guns as the students arrive in the morning.


9 posted on 02/22/2018 12:38:56 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: KC_Lion

No, the NEA loves teachers. As long as they pay their stupid union mafia dues. But for anything not liberal or commie, they hate your guts.

I know teachers unions wont go for this so just make an EO and get it over with to shut p the anti gun left.


10 posted on 02/22/2018 12:39:03 PM PST by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: conservative98

It would also make sense, given teachers move around, to have a national concealed carry reciprocal law for all 50 states.


11 posted on 02/22/2018 12:39:10 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: conservative98

Remember, Trump has had a CCW forever in New York!


12 posted on 02/22/2018 12:39:34 PM PST by eyeamok (Tolerance: The virtue of having a belief in Nothing!)
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To: conservative98

“You get what you incentivize.”


13 posted on 02/22/2018 12:39:37 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Can’t they Bring their own like we did when I was in school?


14 posted on 02/22/2018 12:40:26 PM PST by eyeamok (Tolerance: The virtue of having a belief in Nothing!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

The one who pays for everything? Me, too!


15 posted on 02/22/2018 12:41:15 PM PST by Tax-chick ("The societal moronization ... is profound and terrifying." ~Mark Steyn)
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To: Responsibility2nd
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16 posted on 02/22/2018 12:41:20 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (Donald J Trump 45th President of the United States !MAGA)
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To: conservative98

I approve. Protecting the little heathens should be better rewarded than just filling their heads with drivel. The education that goes with the responsibility of carrying lethal force might accidentally improve the quality of the education system.


17 posted on 02/22/2018 12:41:32 PM PST by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects; starve the bastards)
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To: eyeamok

*So* true.

Back in the 70s, every unlocked pickup in the parking lot had at least one ‘squirrel gun’ in the rack and as soon as the last bell rang, the boys lit out for the mountains and didn’t actually get home until near-dark.

Not one school shooting, ever.


18 posted on 02/22/2018 12:47:51 PM PST by Salamander (And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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To: conservative98

Kinda like an extracurricular?
At least as much as the cheerleader advisor!


19 posted on 02/22/2018 12:53:10 PM PST by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: conservative98

Okay. If they take the time and effort to get qualified to carry why should they not be compensated?


20 posted on 02/22/2018 12:53:19 PM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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