Teachers and school staff to be given weapons training, White House says

Plan to ‘harden’ schools against mass shooting attacks backtracks on pledge to raise the age limit for buying certain gunsThe Trump administration will use existing justice department funding to help train teachers and other school personnel to use firearms in an attempt to “harden” schools against mass shooting attacks, the White House announced on Sunday. Homeland security officials will also work with states to develop a public awareness campaign to prevent school shootings based on the “See something, say something” campaign launched after 9/11, which encourages members of the public to stay vigilant and report potential signs of terrorism. Continue reading…
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