Teachers know that Donald Trump’s idea of arming them would be a bad idea. Gallup polled teachers on the proposal, and it’s really not a popular idea. Extremely unpopular:

While 73% of teachers oppose special training to arm them in school, 20% strongly or somewhat favor it and 7% are neutral.

Likewise, while 58% of teachers think arming them and their colleagues would make schools less safe, 20% think it would make schools safer and 22% do not think it would make any difference.

Twenty-nine percent of teachers think that arming teachers would be very or somewhat effective in limiting the number of victims of a school shooting, while 71% say it would not be effective.

Just 18 percent of teachers said they would be willing to carry a gun; it’s beyond the abilities of opinion polling to know what percent of that 18 percent anyone else would agree should be armed.

Gallup’s results are similar to those of a recent poll from the National Education Association:

An overwhelming majority, 82 percent, say they would not carry a gun in school, including sixty-three percent of NEA members who own a gun.

say they would not carry a gun in school, including of members who own a gun. Sixty-one percent of gun owners oppose arming teachers. Sixty-four percent of those in gun households oppose arming teachers.

of gun owners oppose arming teachers. of those in gun households oppose arming teachers. Two thirds, 64 percent, say they would feel less safe if teachers and other educators were allowed to carry guns.

say they would feel if teachers and other educators were allowed to carry guns. Educators do not believe that this proposal would be effective in preventing a school shooting. Seven in ten (69 percent) NEA members say arming school personnel would be ineffective at preventing gun violence in schools.

Not that politicians listen to teachers.