Gallup Poll: Most Teachers Won't Carry Guns in Schools

Most teachers in the United States are opposed to any plan that would include arming teachers and other school staff members in an effort to help combat gun violence in schools.

Some key results from the Gallup survey of teachers that was released Friday:

• 63 percent strongly oppose arming teachers and school staff, while 10 percent somewhat oppose the practice.
• 47 percent said arming teachers and staff would not be effective at limiting the number of victims in a school shooting. Twenty-four percent said it would not be too effective.
• 58 percent said schools would be less safe if teachers and staff members were armed, with just 20 percent saying schools would be safer.
• 82 percent said they would not apply to be part of a program that would arm teachers and staff members.

School safety has made headlines in the weeks after a deadly high school shooting in Florida last month that left 14 children and three adults dead.

President Donald Trump and some Republicans have floated the idea of arming some teachers and others who work in schools. Critics of the idea say it's the wrong approach to school safety.

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