In a meeting with state and local officials on gun violence, President Trump spoke about the option of arming educators in schools to prevent school shootings. An excerpt from an editorial from the New York Times is also provided in response to this proposal.
Following the shooting at a high school in Florida, President Trump announced that he signed a memo to the Justice Department to take steps to use regulations to ban bump stocks.
This deliberation will allow students to explore the roots of gun control in the United States while also exploring varying viewpoints on how to address the problem of gun violence in the future.