Media Misinformation About Arming Teachers - Just Facts

Media Misinformation About Arming Teachers - Just Facts
"Misinformation can be deadly, especially when it comes to issues like school shootings. 
This is because it can build support for policies that increase fatalities and generate opposition to reforms that can save lives...

..Summary

Trump’s proposal to protect the lives of schoolchildren by arming selected teachers and amply training them is consistent with the following facts of criminology, security, policing, firearms, and active shooter incidents:

• Adequate armed security is a major deterrent to would-be murderers.
• The students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School had 40 times less security per person than the Superdome provides to sports fans.
• Arming one of five teachers would give children similar protection to sports fans, or one guard per 80 students.
• Police receive an average of 15 hours per year of firearm training, and recreational shooters fire just as accurately as police.
• Well-trained teachers would be as proficient with firearms as police.
• Generally untrained civilians save far more lives with guns than are lost in accidents.
• A high-cost estimate for Trump’s proposal that includes giving teachers much more firearms training than police is less than 1% of public school spending.
• The AR-15 used in Parkland and other shootings is not a weapon of war but a semi-automatic rifle.
• AR-15s have more firepower than handguns, but handguns have an edge in maneuverability.
• Arming one of five teachers would give them a major advantage of strength in numbers.
• The reality of police response times means that the actions of civilians are often vital to saving lives in active shooter incidents.

Nevertheless, many major media outlets are ignoring these facts while propagating claims that are contradicted by them. 
Given that the lives of schoolchildren and teachers hang in the balance, twisting the truth or hiding from it could have deadly outcomes."