Samuel L Jackson savages ‘muthaf*****’ Donald Trump over his plans to arm teachers in schools

Samuel L Jackson had some choice words for US president Donald Trump
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Patrick Grafton-Green25 February 2018

Samuel L Jackson has lashed out at Donald Trump over his plans to arm teachers in schools, branding the US President a ‘muthaf*****’.

Mr Trump suggested earlier this week that giving teachers guns could stop further mass school shootings.

It came after 17 students and staff members were murdered during a Valentine's Day gun rampage at a Florida school.

And Mr Jackson pulled no punches when he took to Twitter to make his feelings on the proposal clear.

He said: “Can someone that’s been in a Gunfight tell that Muthaf***** that’s Never been in a Gunfight, the flaws of his Arm The Teachers plan??!!”

The 69-year-old Pulp Fiction actor's viral tweet has been shared almost 80,000 times and liked more than 260,000 times.

The Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has sparked mass youth-led protests across the United States demanding stricter gun control laws.

He said schools could arm up to 20 per cent of its teachers to stop "maniacs" trying to attack them.

"This would be obviously only for people who were very adept at handling a gun, and it would be, it's called concealed carry, where a teacher would have a concealed gun on them," he said.

“They'd go for special training and they would be there and you would no longer have a gun-free zone.”

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The US leader proposed getting rid of gun-free zones across the country, claiming they encourage shooters to attack “because bullets aren’t coming back” at them.

He backed up his proposal with a series of tweets on Thursday, as the under-pressure NRA bolstered his offered free weapons training.

Their leader Wayne LaPierre said: "We must immediately harden our schools.

"Every day, young children are being dropped off at schools that are virtually wide open, soft targets for anyone bent on mass murder."

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