{"id":1509466,"date":"2022-06-09T13:20:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T17:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1509466"},"modified":"2022-06-09T13:20:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T17:20:26","slug":"education-secretary-says-arming-teachers-is-among-stupidest-proposals-because-you-cant-just-give-a-gun-to-a-substitute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-secretary-says-arming-teachers-is-among-stupidest-proposals-because-you-cant-just-give-a-gun-to-a-substitute\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Secretary Says Arming Teachers Is Among \u2018Stupidest\u2019 Proposals Because You Can\u2019t Just Give A Gun To A Substitute"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feducation-secretary-says-arming-teachers-is-among-stupidest-proposals-because-you-cant-just-give-a-gun-to-a-substitute%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1509466&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Education Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/education-secretary-miguel-cardona-tweeted-about-children-smiling-at-school-critics-immediately-noticed-one-problem\/\">Miguel Cardona<\/a> claimed on Thursday that it would be among the \u201cstupidest proposals\u201d to arm teachers \u2014 and then argued that was because if a trained teacher were to then take time off, a gun couldn\u2019t just be handed off to the substitute.<\/p>\n<p>Cardona joined the conversation on ABC\u2019s midday talk show \u201cThe View,\u201d where he fielded several questions about school safety in the wake of the recent shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecretary, you know, rather than regulate guns or of course, ban AR-15s, some Republicans have proposed arming teachers to stop these shootings,\u201d regular cohost <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/sunny-hostin-calls-guest-host-a-black-republican-an-oxymoron-on-live-tv\/\">Sunny Hostin<\/a> began. \u201cMy mother is a teacher. In Ohio, the governor is preparing to sign a bill that would lower the training requirements for a teacher to carry a gun in the classroom from 700 hours to 24 hours. In your view, do you support teachers carrying guns in the classroom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Education Sec. Miguel Cardona says it&#8217;s &#8220;stupid&#8221; to arm teachers because if a trained teacher takes maternity leave, you can&#8217;t just give the substitute a gun. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xJKo5hfgdU\">pic.twitter.com\/xJKo5hfgdU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VAKruta\/status\/1534924581894504448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are some of the stupidest proposals I\u2019ve heard in all my time as an educator. So that\u2019s my answer to that,\u201d Cardona replied emphatically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen. We need to make sure we\u2019re doing sensible legislation, making sure our schoolhouses are safe as much as possible,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut to say that we\u2019re going to arm teachers to protect students, what happens when a teacher goes out on maternity leave? Are we going to give the substitute of the day a gun?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cardona went on to argue that anyone who was in favor of arming teachers was \u201cclueless\u00a0when it comes to what\u2019s happening in our schools\u201d and was showing \u201cfurther disrespect\u201d to teachers \u2014 especially after so many had worked so hard to make sure that kids were learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also claimed that any lawmakers who were promoting arming teachers were doing so to raise their own \u201cnational profile\u201d rather than out of any concern for children\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just shows further disrespect to a profession that has bent over backwards these last two years to protect students and give them an opportunity for an education,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m tired of hearing about the silly proposal that are doing more to lift up people\u2019s national profile than protect children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers in Ohio and Louisiana have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/two-states-aim-arm-teachers-opposition-educators-experts-rcna31731\">proposed measures<\/a> that would make it easier for teachers to train and carry firearms on campus in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education Secretary Miguel Cardona claimed on Thursday that it would be among the \u201cstupidest proposals\u201d to arm teachers \u2014 and then argued that was because if a trained teacher were to then take time off, a gun couldn\u2019t just be handed off to the substitute. 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