President of the United States Donald Trump expressed his support for the idea of ??allowing schoolteachers to carry weapons, as well as repealing the rules according to which carrying weapons near schools is prohibited.

Trump made this statement at the White House, during a conference on violence with firearms, with the participation of teachers and students from the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas School in Florida, where 17 people died as a result of the shooting.

I will always remember the time I spent today with courageous students, teachers and families. So much love in the midst of so much pain. We must not let them down. We must keep our children safe! !!.

Full Listening Session: https: // t. co / x5VenyQX5p pic. twitter. com / CAPfX5odIp - Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 22, 2018 The president supported this idea amid the increasingly loud demands of schoolchildren and teachers who survived shooting at a school in Florida, so that the authorities did their best to prevent such tragedies in the future.

Donald Trump also supported the proposal to tighten the system of inspections of those wishing to acquire firearms.

The shooting at the Marjorie School of Stoneman Douglas in Florida was the bloodiest in terms of the number of victims since 2012. The attack on the school "Sandy Hook" in 2012, killing 26 people.

Accused of the massacre - 19-year-old Nicholas Cruz - an hour later was detained and fully acknowledged the guilt.

"We will conduct very strict checks, especially on the issue of mental health [those who want to acquire weapons]," the president said to schoolchildren who survived the attack.

"It's not just words, as before," added Trump. "It's been going on too long, too often, and we'll do it".

At the same time, Trump supported the proposal, long put forward by the National Rifle Association of the United States - to allow teachers and other school officers to carry weapons.

"If you had a teacher who knew how to handle a firearm, it is possible that he could stop the attack pretty quickly," said Trump.

He added that the proposal applies only to people who "are good at handling firearms".

President Trump also criticized the creation of zones around schools within which the carrying of weapons is prohibited.

"A zone without weapons for a maniac - and they are all cowards - means -" but let's go, let's attack, "- said the president.

Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was killed in a school in Florida, expressed his indignation to the president.

"We are here because my daughter no longer has a voice," he said..

"She was killed last week, she was taken away from us.

She received nine bullets on the third floor. We, the whole country, did nothing for our children ".

"I'm outraged," added Andrew Pollack.

On Wednesday, the survivors of the shooting, pupils and teachers of the school in Parkland went to the capital of Florida Tallahassee, in an attempt to persuade state legislators to limit the sale of semi-automatic weapons.

Demonstrations in support of this requirement also took place in Washington, Chicago and Pittsburgh.