Business Insider Editorial Director Henry Blodget explains why arming teachers, Trump’s favored strategy to prevent more school shootings, is unlikely to solve the problem.
Will giving teachers guns help stop school shootings? Gun massacres are an American crisis. They aren’t a “price of freedom.” If we do nothing, they will happen again and again and again. The inaction of Congress over the past decade has been a disgrace. Doing (almost) anything is better than doing nothing.
So the deepest respect to the students in Florida who are demanding more than “thoughts and prayers.” Kudos to President Trump and lawmakers for at least talking about doing something.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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