Trump says trained teachers should carry guns to classrooms

The controversial aspirant for the US white house, Donald Trump, has said that he isn’t in favor of requiring teachers to carry guns into U.S. classrooms but believes some of them should be armed.

“I don’t want to have guns in classrooms, although in some cases, teachers should have guns in classrooms, frankly,” the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said in an interview with “Fox & Friends” on Sunday. “Because teachers, you know — things that are going on in our schools are unbelievable.”

Trump’s comments were in response to Hillary Clinton’s assertion that he would “mandate” U.S. schools arm themselves.

“He’d mandate that every school in America allow guns in classrooms,” Clinton said Saturday at an event in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., hosted by the Trayvon Martin Foundation. “That’s no way to keep us safe. If you want to imagine what Trump’s America will look like, picture more kids at risk of violence and bigotry. Picture more anger and fear.”

“I’m not advocating guns in classrooms,” Trump said. “But remember, in some cases … trained teachers should be able to have guns in classrooms.”

The former “Celebrity Apprentice” star blasted the former secretary of state’s stance on gun control on Friday in Louisville, where he accepted an endorsement from the National Rifle Association.