Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is considering whether states can use federal grant money to buy guns for schools, including possibly arming teachers, after receiving queries from Texas and Oklahoma, people familiar with the matter said. But President Trump and others have argued that arming teachers would “harden” schools and make them less likely targets for mass shootings. The commission is expected to include a section in its report on best practices for arming school personnel, several people familiar with that process aid. [At Betsy DeVos’s federal school safety commission meeting, lessons from first-graders on friendships and fist bumps]During its public meetings, the commission has heard strong arguments on both sides about guns in schools. “It’s a cheap way to add security to our schools and the best option we could do,” he said of arming teachers.

Source: Washington Post August 23, 2018 13:23 UTC