Trump: I would’ve run into school shooting even without weapon

US President Donald Trump has said he would have run into Florida school to save the students from a gunman even without a weapon.

“You know, I really believe -you don’t know until you test it -but I really believe I’d run in there, even if I didn’t had a weapon. I think most of the people in this room would have done that, too, because I know most of you. But the way they performed was really a disgrace,” he said during a meeting with governors from across the country at the White House. He was criticising an armed sheriff’s deputy who did not confront the shooter at the school early this month who killed 17 people, mostly students.

“We have to take steps to harden our schools so that they are less vulnerable to attack. This includes allowing welltrained and certified school personnel to carry concealed firearms. At some point, you need volume. I don’t know that a school is going to be able to hire a

WASHINGTON: SCOT PETERSON, THE ONLY ARMED SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ON CAMPUS DURING THE FLORIDA SHOOTING, DISPUTED HE HAD VIOLATED POLICE PROTOCOL.

hundred security guards that are armed,” he said.

Ridiculing deputy sheriffs on duty at the time of the attack, he said their performance was “disgusting”.

Scot Peterson, the only armed sheriff’s deputy on campus during the shooting, disputed he violated police protocol by not entering the building to hunt down the gunman, and rebuked the sheriff for portraying him as a “coward.” Peterson said in a statement released by his lawyer that he thought the gunfire originated from outside and reacted accordingly by waiting for the suspect there. AGENCIES