Armed Teachers Could Deter Would-Be Shooters

Arming teachers and other school personnel is a "significant deterrent" against would-be school shooters, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Newsmax Thursday, two days after a gunman killed 19 children and their two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

"I think that the program we voted on when I was in the Senate, I think it was 2013, we put together a guardianship program and a marshal program where teachers can be trained to defend the school," said the Texas Republican on Newsmax's "Wake Up America."

He explained that the marshal program is more intensive than the guardian program, but with schools that have had the programs in place, "there has not been a single school that has had an attack like this. I think it is a significant deterrent for sure to walk into a school and have no idea who has a gun and who doesn't."

Paxton said he also agrees that social media companies need to do more to make authorities aware of red flags that could point to violent acts, but they are "not wanting to be cooperative on these issues."