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Letter: Arming teachers is a bad idea to protect schools

Mary Claire Foley, center left, 16, embraces Ariana Skafidas, 16, students at Henry B. Plant High School at Curtis Hixon Park in downtown Tampa, Fla., Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, as they raise their lights during a vigil to honor victims of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

02272018 SCHOOL SHOOTING — Mary Claire Foley, center left, 16, embraces Ariana Skafidas, 16, students at Henry B. Plant High School at Curtis Hixon Park in downtown Tampa, Fla., Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, as they raise their lights during a vigil to honor victims of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Congress should not support the president or the NRA who are advocating to arm school teachers. This is a bad idea, a bad policy, and would result in catastrophe.