Poll: Strong majority favor arming teachers.

“…At Townhall, our colleague Sarah Arnold reports on a new poll from The Trafalgar Group asking Americans whether or not they would be in favor of allowing armed teachers in public school classrooms. In what may come as a disappointing surprise to those currently calling for more gun control laws, a solid majority of respondents are open to the idea while less than a third oppose it. And those numbers are pretty much unchanged from previous surveys conducted prior to the latest round of mass shootings.

In the wake of the deadly Uvalde elementary school shooting, the heated topic of gun laws is once again a major forefront of people’s minds. Though a majority of Americans believe arming teaching will make schools more safe.

A recent poll conducted by The Trafalgar Group, surveyed 1,091 general election voters and found that 57.5 percent of voters believe schools are somewhat or much more dangerous without teachers who carry a legal firearm and are properly trained Ito use it. This leaves just over a mere 30 percent who oppose it.

While 67.5 percent of these voters are Republicans, almost half at 48.2 percent, are Democrats in favor of arming teachers.

The demographic split here is interesting. While you would never guess it by listening to all of the coverage at CNN or the Washington Post, nearly half of the Democrats canvassed in this survey are open to arming teachers. Perhaps even more surprising is the 67.5 percent of Republicans who were in favor of the idea. (I had assumed it would be higher.) The country is clearly divided on the question, but the argument in favor of arming teachers seems to be winning the battle…”