Thread by @igorvolsky

I'm going to do a quick thread about this idiotic idea of arming teachers in the classroom. It's an effort to distract from the real problem -- we have too many guns & they're too easy to get -- and will only put schools at *greater risk* 1/

We've seen study after study showing that armed civilians don't have the training to stop active shootings.

From 2000 to 2013:

21 active shooters stopped by unarmed civilians

1 stopped by armed civilian 2/

Average civilians are just not equipped to handle the chaos of an active shooter situation -- no matter how skilled they think they are: 3/

More guns in the classroom would only put more people at risk. We've seen *countless* examples of guns falling into the wrong hands at schools. Here are just some: americanprogress.org/issues/guns-cr… 4/

And finally, an overwhelming number of teachers & education groups *oppose* arming educators:

68% of @NEA members oppose arming teachers

202 national & state education organizations oppose arming teachers

americanprogress.org/issues/guns-cr… 5/5

Let's be real:

keeping guns & assault weapons from entering schools (by making them far harder to get and banning some of them) would do much more to prevent school shootings -- than giving them to teachers & staff. 6/6