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Survey: Most Americans Favor Giving Schoolteachers and Administrators the Option of Being Armed at S

John Lott - Crime Prevention Research Center | Published on 8/12/2022
A new YouGov survey of 1,500 U.S. adult citizens was conducted from May 28th to 31st. The survey has some interesting results regarding whether people favor arming teachers (pp. 134-5).

All Americans except for Democrats, liberals, and blacks favor arming teachers and administrators in schools. Young people between 18 and 29 are evenly divided.