--- title: Donald Trump: Some Teachers Should Have Guns in Classrooms description: Donald Trump on Sunday said some teachers in the U.S. should be armed with guns inside their classrooms canonical: https://time.com/4344226/donald-trump-guns-teachers-classroom/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-22T14:28:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:51.019Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Says Some Teachers Should Have Guns in Classrooms og:description: "Trained teachers should be able to have guns in classrooms" og:url: https://time.com/4344226/donald-trump-guns-teachers-classroom/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f01e87b782be636/6988944c8e060167d3465fe7/donald-trump-guns-teachers-classrooms.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Donald Trump at the NRA Leadership Forum og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Says Some Teachers Should Have Guns in Classrooms twitter:description: "Trained teachers should be able to have guns in classrooms" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f01e87b782be636/6988944c8e060167d3465fe7/donald-trump-guns-teachers-classrooms.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Says Some Teachers Should Have Guns in Classrooms > Sponsored content. 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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the NRA Leadership Forum on May 20, 2016, in Louisville, Ky.Lexington Herald-Leader—TNS/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan May 22, 2016 2:28 PM UTC Donald Trump on Sunday said [some teachers in the U.S. should be armed with guns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG8zjjJkXQ0) inside their classrooms. The presumptive Republican nominee, who was recently [endorsed by the National Rifle Association of America](http://time.com/4343582/donald-trump-national-rifle-association-nra-endorsement/), made the comments during a _Fox & Friends_ interview in which he was asked to respond to Hillary Clinton’s remarks about his stance on gun control. “I don’t want to have guns in classrooms, although in some cases teachers should have guns in classrooms, frankly,” Trump said. “Because . . . things that are going on in our schools are unbelievable.” “I’m not advocating guns in classrooms,” Trump added. “But remember in some cases . . . trained teachers should be able to have guns in classrooms.” Clinton on Saturday attacked Trump in Florida during an appearance at the Trayvon Martin Foundation’s Circle of Mothers event, which is held for mothers who have lost a child to gun violence, [according to the Miami _Herald_](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article79108402.html). “He’d mandate that every school in America allow guns in classrooms,” Clinton told the crowd. “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. 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