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Should Teachers Be Armed In Order To Stop School Shooters?

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Hadley Sorensen, 16, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, is comforted by her mother Stacy Sorensen at a makeshift memorial outside the school in Parkland, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018, where 17 people were killed in a mass shooting. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Hadley Sorensen, 16, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, is comforted by her mother Stacy Sorensen at a makeshift memorial outside the school in Parkland, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018, where 17 people were killed in a mass shooting. (Gerald Herbert/AP)

President Trump has floated the idea of arming more teachers and school staff to help prevent another school shooting like the one in Florida last week that killed 17 people. The president says mass shooters count on schools being gun-free zones.

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Lisa Graustein, teacher and equity coordinator at the Codman Academy Public Charter School.

Jessica Tang, president of the Boston Teachers Union. She tweets @JessJTang.

Michael Dorn, executive director of Safe Havens International, that specializes in K-12 school security.

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