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Trump defends gun proposals in Twitter spree

He also claims that he didn't suggest the blanket arming of teachers at a White House listening session a day earlier.

By LOUIS NELSON and CRISTIANO LIMA

President Donald Trump stood by his proposals to toughen background checks and arm some teachers and school officials in a string of Thursday morning tweets while expressing support for allies at the National Rifle Association and taking aim at common targets in the media.

Trump claimed Thursday morning that he did not suggest the blanket arming of teachers at a White House listening session a day earlier, accusing CNN and NBC News of misinterpreting his proposal.

“I never said ‘give teachers guns’ like was stated on Fake News @CNN & @nbc. What I said was to look at the possibility of giving concealed guns to gun adept teachers with military or special training experience - only the best. 20% of teachers, a lot, would now be able to immediately fire back if a savage sicko came to a school with bad intentions,” the president wrote on Twitter Thursday morning in a pair of posts.

“Highly trained teachers would also serve as a deterrent to the cowards that do this. Far more assets at much less cost than guards. A ‘gun free’ school is a magnet for bad people. ATTACKS WOULD END!” he tweeted. "History shows that a school shooting lasts, on average, 3 minutes. It takes police & first responders approximately 5 to 8 minutes to get to site of crime. Highly trained, gun adept, teachers/coaches would solve the problem instantly, before police arrive. GREAT DETERRENT!"

"If a potential “sicko shooter” knows that a school has a large number of very weapons talented teachers (and others) who will be instantly shooting, the sicko will NEVER attack that school. Cowards won’t go there...problem solved. Must be offensive, defense alone won’t work!" the president continued.

Trump’s online explanation of his proposal differs from the language he used Wednesday at a listening session with survivors and victims’ family members from last week’s high school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Addressing the group, Trump suggested that teachers undergo firearm training and be allowed to carry concealed weapons inside schools.

“And this would only be, obviously, for people that are very adept at handling a gun. And it would be – it’s called concealed carry, where a teacher would have a concealed gun on them,” Trump said at Wednesday’s event. “They’d go for special training. And they would be there, and you would no longer have a gun-free zone.”

Trump also vouched for NRA leaders Wayne LaPierre and Chris Cox, whom he called "Great American Patriots."

"Chris and the folks who work so hard at the @NRA are Great People and Great American Patriots," Trump tweeted. "They love our Country and will do the right thing. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Thursday's flurry of tweets does not mark the first time that Trump has seemingly backed away from expressing support for arming teachers in classrooms. Then-candidate Trump said in May, 2016, that "I don't want to have guns in classrooms, although in some cases teachers should have guns in classrooms, frankly," a position he later backed away from, telling CNN that firearms in schools should be given to "school resource officers" or trained teachers. He accused his opponent, Hillary Clinton, of misinterpreting his position, remarking that "the way she said it meant like every student should be sitting there carrying guns."

The president’s Wednesday meeting came one week after a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, killing 17 people in one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history. The attack has fueled fresh calls for tougher gun control laws, including a ban on assault weapons, which Republicans have largely resisted.

The idea of arming teachers has been especially controversial, prompting opposition from education groups who argue such a plan would only flood schools with more guns. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said at a town hall event hosted Wednesday night by CNN that he does not support arming teachers.

Later Thursday morning, the president also reiterated proposals he backed at Wednesday's listening sessions, writing online that "I will be strongly pushing Comprehensive Background Checks with an emphasis on Mental Health. Raise age to 21 and end sale of Bump Stocks! Congress is in a mood to finally do something on this issue - I hope!"