The sheriff of the Florida county where last week’s school shooting took place came out against President Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE’s suggestion of arming teachers, saying that “teachers should teach.”

Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said during a CNN town hall on Wednesday that he doesn’t agree with the idea.

“I don't believe teachers should be armed. I believe teachers should teach,” Israel said.

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“But that's exactly what's wrong with this country. We have people in Washington, D.C., representatives, senators and legislators telling teachers what they should do without asking teachers, 'what do you want to do?'” he continued.

Israel made the comments after CNN’s Jake Tapper asked him about the decision to place armed deputies at schools in the county following the shooting.

Sen. Marco Rubio Marco Antonio RubioSunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Florida senators pushing to keep Daylight Savings Time during pandemic Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll MORE (R-Fla.) also came out against the idea of arming teachers, saying it has some "practical problems."

Trump had suggested the idea at a listening session at the White House earlier Wednesday with survivors of the Florida high school shooting.

"If you had a teacher who was adept at firearms, they could very well end the attack very quickly, and the good thing about a suggestion like that — and we're going to be looking at it very strongly, and I think a lot of people are going to be opposed to it. I think a lot of people are going to like it. But the good thing is you're going to have a lot of [armed] people with that," the president said.