Jesus. Trump just said giving a bonus to armed teachers would protect schools "practically for free"

[highplainsdem]

He says teachers will "love" that bonus, and it would also "look terrible" to have more security guards.



Editing to add a tweet with more of the quote from one Bloomberg reporter citing another Bloomberg reporter:

Link to tweet

Trump on paying teachers to carry a gun: "We give them a little bit of a bonus. Frankly they feel comfortable having the gun anyway, but you give them a little bit of a bonus. So practically for free, you have now made the school into a hardened target." via @justinsink

[lame54]

1. It's not a bonus...

It's a bounty

[a kennedy]

2. How are the banks protected???

Of course I belong to a credit union so I’m not familiar with what banks do, but are they armed with semi automatic weapons??

[lapfog_1]

6. no, usually one or two uniformed armed guards

many banks have the money (and tellers, but its for the MONEY) behind bullet proof plexiglass.

Not to mention that bank robbers do NOT walk into a bank looking to shoot anyone and everyone they see (makes it harder to get the money).

[bettyellen]

7. I havent seen one in NYC in ages. Plexiglass for tellers, thats it

[lapfog_1]

10. California has those sorts of bank "windows" in lots of places

especially Bank of America

[Dave Starsky]

18. They pretty much do what the gunman says.

They're there for the money, not to kill people.

They are well insured, and bank robberies have the highest solved crime rate. About 60% of robbers get caught.

[bettyellen]

20. Wow! Money talks, huh? I figured the guard would be superfluous...

and I wonder if some crazy kids might actually like incentive to take a teacher out first.

[unblock]

3. at the wee price of a few dead children killed in a stressed-out teacher's moment of weakness.

[rickford66]

4. Please reopen the insane asylums for this guy.

He is really insane. So many mutually exclusive statements coming out of his a**.

[LisaM]

5. School systems with bloated administrations, starved budgets, and freezes on teacher salaries

suddenly can pony up 40% additional salary for people willing to pack heat?

Wake me up when the insanity is over.

[highplainsdem]

9. He's talking about small bonuses, not 40%. That's why he says it would be practically free.

And never mind all the expensive lawsuits for wrongful or accidental deaths.

[MissB]

8. How do the cops tell the difference between the teacher and the shooter?

I’m sure it’ll be easy to sort out in an active shooter situation when the cops arrive.

[Ilsa]

11. If the shooter shows up in khakis and a polo shirt

with the school logo on it, it would be almost impossible to tell.

[Dave Starsky]

19. That's why they'll wear bright orange hunting vests. N/t

[walkingman]

12. Sadly, I think this will go over big in Texas. The infatuation with guns almost unbelievable. Once

again Trumps suggestions (from building a wall, to more guns in school) are so draconian that it boggles the mind. However, there are many in my area (Central Texas) that firmly support these notions. I will never understand why we seem to live in constant fear, anger, and contempt for our fellow man. Maybe our education system has failed us? America seems to be losing it's credibility on almost every issue. This will probably not end well.

[angrychair]

13. How does that look in Stand your ground states?

Armed teacher is confronted by an angry student-
Today: that teacher attempts to de-escalate the situation by talking about it or send the student to the office or contact the resource officer as a last resort.

In trump’s tomorrow in a “stand your ground” state with an armed teacher: teacher “feels” the student is threatening and draws and kills the student because he can in that state.
Or insubordinate student just pisses the teacher off, all the teacher has to say is “i ‘felt’ threatened” and he can shoot as many kids as he wants.

[Vinca]

14. With Trump EVERYTHING comes back to money.

[unitedwethrive]

15. Didnt he just cut funding for school security in his recent budget?

That’s what I heard on MSNBC this morning.

[Saboburns]

16. Double their pay

Because they’ll be doing 2 jobs their teaching and also the police’s job too.

2 jobs

2 salaries.

[Solly Mack]

17. ...

Two days before the school shooting in Florida that left 17 dead, the Trump administration proposed cutting millions in federal education programs meant to help prevent crime in schools and assist them in recovery from tragedies.

Funds targeted for reduction or elimination in the Trump administration's fiscal 2019 request have helped pay for counselors in schools and violence prevention programs. Such funds were used for mental health aid for students and teachers in the Newtown, Conn., school district following the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012.

More sources

Trump’s 2019 Budget Proposed Cutting Millions From School-Safety Programs

[scardycat]

21. All he thinks about is MONEY!! n/t

[highplainsdem]

22. True.