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One big problem with the idea of arming teachers: Insurance companies won't play along, and for good reason

It should be obvious to anyone with a lick of sense that the single most insane idea for addressing the crisis of school shootings is the arming of teachers.

Virtually no one seriously involved with school security wants this to happen. "It's a high-risk, high-liability proposition," says school security consultant Ken Trump (no relation to the president). "School board members, superintendents, principals, teachers, school safety experts, and public safety officials consistently do not believe that educators and school support staff should be armed."

Experience tells us that one stakeholder in

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