Research indicates that arming teachers actually makes students less safe. Putting more firearms in schools increases the possibility that a troubled student could get their hands on a gun as well as the likelihood of accidental shootings.
What are the pros of arming teachers?
What are the pros of arming teachers?
- It gives a classroom a fighting chance during a lockdown situation.
- Arming teachers would bolster school security.
- School districts can save a lot of money by arming teachers.
- Parents can still have the final say in most school districts.
- We have evidence that this idea works.
Do students feel safe with armed teachers?
As seen in Table 2, about 23% of students indicate they would feel safer if their teachers were armed, approximately a quarter of students indicate no change in their feelings of safety, and a little over half of students would feel less safe.
