Trump claimed that schools need more offensive firepower, as in more guns in schools to prevent mass shootings. This is nothing more than a recycling of Trump’s one idea, but this idea will get more people killed in school shootings.
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Trump said, “I think we really have a group of people that want to do the right thing. The NRA is composed of people that I know very well. These are good people. In many cases, great people. They’re patriots. They love our country. The NRA wants to do the right thing. I’ve been speaking to them. They do want to do the right thing. Look, I haven’t been here that long. This has been going on for a long time. Many years, decades. And we’re going to get it fixed. But the only way you’re going to get it fixed is you have to have a certain degree of offensive power within the school. It can’t only be defense. You have to have protection within the schools. And we’re going to work it out. But we are going to be very, very powerful, strong on background checks. Especially having to do with people with mental problems.”
Trump’s offensive firepower is the same one idea for everything
Trump has one idea and that is that there should be more offense, except when there shouldn’t be more offense, then the country is supposed to build walls or harden schools to make them more like prisons that centers for learning and education.
Trump’s overly simplistic worldview is that you go on offense unless you build a wall around yourself and hide. That’s it. That’s all that Trump has got. Trump’s solution for school shootings is to trap the students in fortified schools with more guns. Trump’s solution on immigration is to build a wall. Trump’s solution on war is not looking for diplomatic answers, but to go on offense by building up the military.
Trump’s worldview is driven by insecurity, overcompensation, and fear.
Trump has one idea, and it is going to lead to more innocent people getting killed in school shootings.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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