Results: Trump proposes simple solution to prevent school shootings

Sometimes, in fairness, it takes a little bit longer — in particular if there's any kind of angle involving bigotry that can be pushed first. But, if that's not the case — especially if that doesn't quite work in the leftists' favor, as in when the suspected school shooter was a woman who identified as a man and the target was a Christian school — the topic quickly turns to how guns can be taken away. To former President Donald Trump, however, the issue is how quickly we can get guns into schools — and into the hands of trained teachers. Do you agree that armed bad guys would be less likely to attack our schools if they knew there might be armed teachers who could intervene and stop them from injuring or killing students and teachers - instead of being guaranteed that they will be the only one with a gun at a school with no chance of resistance - as things are now?

In an interview after his April 14 speech to the National Rifle Association's annual gathering in Indianapolis, Trump said that if he is elected, his plan to stop school shootings would involve giving "teachers that are very good with firearms" the right to carry on campus — and it wouldn't take very many of them to put an end to mass shootings in schools, he said. Do you agree that allowing teachers who are willing and properly trained to carry firearms would make the homicidal think twice about entering a school armed with the intent of killing innocent children - if they knew they would likely encounter armed teachers who would be able to stop them?

"It's a scandal and a tragedy that year after year Democrats in Washington continue to hold common sense school safety measures hostage to their radical gun control agenda, which in virtually all cases would do nothing to prevent attacks by demented and disturbed individuals," he said. Do you agree that by preventing any law-abiding citizens - even teachers - from carrying firearms on school property (and being able to intervene in a shooting scenario), it is making schools a prime target by those intent on killing innocent children?

"Our country has been chock-full of guns for centuries and there was no talk of massacres of school children until around the year 2000. That's when it really started. They started talking about it," Trump said. "This is not a gun problem. This is a mental health problem. This is a social problem. This is a cultural problem. This is a spiritual problem." Do you agree that the bigger problem is with mental health not being addressed or treated properly and social issues not being handled appropriately - and not so much access to firearms?

In an interview conducted just after the speech but published later, Trump said fixing the issue could involve arming merely 5 percent of teachers. During the speech, he pledged to "create a new tax credit to reimburse any teacher for the full cost of a concealed carry firearm and training from highly qualified experts [who are] better," something he elaborated on during the interview. Do you agree if one out of every 20 teachers was carrying a concealed firearm, it would likely contribute to safer schools and less shootings overall?