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February 26, 2018
Trump: I would have confronted Florida school shooter without a gun
By Sheila Samples
President Trump again attacked officers for not entering a Florida high school building and somehow engaging a gunman who killed 17 people dead with a military-style rifle. "I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon, and I think most of the people in this room would have done that, too," Trump told a group of state governors gathered at the White House for talks on multiple issues. Trump has also called for arming teachers ...
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President Trump again attacked officers for not entering a Florida high school building and somehow engaging a gunman who killed 17 people dead with a military-style rifle. "I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon, and I think most of the people in this room would have done that, too," Trump told a group of state governors gathered at the White House for talks on multiple issues. Trump has also called for arming teachers and other school officials, an idea that drew opposition from some of the governors. "I just suggest we need a little less tweeting here," said Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, during a discussion about arming teachers.Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.