Teachers Slam Trump’s Call For More Guns In Schools: ‘Are You F**king Insane?’

 

 Teachers are slamming President Donald Trump’s plan to bring more guns into schools by arming 20 percent of educators. “We need solutions that will keep guns out of the hands of those who want to use them to massacre innocent children and educators,” Lily Eskelsen García, president of the National Education Association, told Education Week. “Arming teachers does nothing to prevent that.” Many teachers have taken to social media to say they don’t want to carry guns, and more than a few pointed out that they were struggling to get funding for basic classroom supplies, much less firearms:

I'm a teacher, and I don't want one, nor should I have one. Want to arm me? Start paying me six figures, give me a bullet-proof vest, and put bullet-proof glass in my classroom windows.

— Jolie Lindley (@INChick) February 21, 2018

Guys, I’m a college professor.

I’ve also been shooting guns my entire life and own multiple guns now. I don’t trust myself to be able to capably defend a classroom against a shooter, and I’m a good shot. Why would we expect teachers everywhere to bear this responsibility? — Josh Grubbs (@JoshuaGrubbsPhD) February 21, 2018

And your solution is to arm teachers??? Are you fucking insane?? I'm a teacher, I teach children. I've been in the army, I've made the choice to no longer be a soldier, but a teacher!

— Lucien (@LucienOldenb) February 22, 2018

Hi, I'm a teacher. I don't want a gun. I could use some more dry erase markers. Thanks for your time.

— Jacob Leland (@mrdrleland) February 22, 2018

I'm a teacher with 14 years of experience. I have zero interest in being armed. #StudentsStandUp

— Anthony Nicodemo (@coachNicodemo) February 22, 2018

I’m a teacher. Don’t give me a gun. Give me the supplies I need, the salary I deserve, and the common-sense gun laws to protect my kids.

— Jocelyn ✡ (@jocelyndorf) February 20, 2018

I'm a teacher. I own guns. I'm adept at shooting them. This is the dumbest idea in the damn world. No teacher should have this responsibility and frankly I can't think of one I'd wholly trust with it.

— J-San (@lawdood) February 21, 2018

I'm a teacher who qualified in the military on the rifle, handgun, light machine gun, heavy machine gun, grenade launcher, automatic grenade launcher, bayonet and hand grenades.

And there is zero chance you'll convince me a school will be safer if teachers start carrying guns. — Joseph Connelly (@jcon16) February 20, 2018

I have said this a hundred times on here already. Why does no one ever ask teachers what they think? I'm a teacher. Teachers do not want to carry guns, we have enough to do.

— Sarah Jensen (@BessieJ) February 22, 2018

I’m a teacher and I don’t want a fucking gun in my classroom! I’m trained in literature not shooting people! This is ridiculous.

— brb, sharpening my stick (@suzanne_young) February 21, 2018