NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch Tuesday called for additional training and funding in the nation's school to help prepare students and teachers defend themselves against school shootings.
"How about take a half billion dollars from Planned Parenthood and redirect that to make sure schools are secured [with] armed security and metal detectors," Loesch told Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "We protect our sporting events and concerts more."
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, following last week's school shooting at Santa Fe High School, plans roundtable discussions to help speed up security in the state, and has called for keeping guns away from those who pose immediate danger, more resources for school safety program, and addressing mental issues tied to gun violence.
"These are all issues I have talked about for a very long time, since the now infamous town hall when those suggestions were roundly booed," said Loesch, referring to a town hall after the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.
"I talked to people in Broward County at Marjory Stoneman Douglas school. They had a Secret Service member do a risk assessment," said Loesch. "None of those things were put into place. A promised program that didn't report criminality of students and prevent a record from being established for the murderer. He could have been rendered a prohibited possessor."
She said she also believes that teachers and parents should determine if they want to implement arming teachers, if they would volunteer for training.
"Teachers, remember, are incredibly talented people," said Loesch. "I don't think they get the credit they deserve. They can teach their students and defend their own lives. If heaven forbids all else fails, defend the lives of students."
Parents need to make sure programs are in their schools to prevent and protect against violence, she added.
She also spoke about the news that a teenager had killed a police officer in Baltimore, saying that the NRA is telling everyone to "be on your toes. Don't complacent. Work with each other. This is a bad time for law enforcement and the attacks that are occurring."
Loesch said she blames such attacks on there being a "general lack of respect for each other and authority and making sure that we all live nicely and in harmony with everybody, but at the same time with law enforcement."
She said she also think it is "trendy" to hate police officers and to bash them.
"A lot of people think it is easy to Sunday morning quarterback a cop's decision through the keyboard, in particular when they don't have any law enforcement training," she said.
Sandy Fitzgerald ✉
Sandy Fitzgerald has more than three decades in journalism and serves as a general assignment writer for Newsmax covering news, media, and politics.
© 2025 Newsmax. All rights reserved.