In the wake of repeated school shootings, today's youth have acquired the label of the “mass shooting generation.” Another fitting label would be the “armed school generation.” Most states now permit school security officers to carry firearms, and at least 466 school districts in 19 states allow teachers or staff members to be armed. In this context, understanding public opinion about guns in schools is essential. Using a 2018 national survey of 1,100 American adults, we examined public support for arming our nation's schools. Although consensus exists for school resource officers carrying weapons, respondents are divided about arming teachers and nonteaching staff. Those who believe in gun defensive effectiveness, lean right politically, are racially resentful, older, and have children are more likely to endorse arming nonlaw enforcement school personnel. National Rifle Association membership and altruistic fear are associated with support for arming teachers, while a belief in the moral wrongness of harming others predicts opposition to teachers having a gun in one hand and an apple in the other.

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一手拿苹果，一手拿枪：公众支持武装我们国家的学校

在多次校园枪击事件之后，今天的年轻人获得了“大规模枪击一代”的标签。另一个合适的标签是“武装学校一代”。大多数州现在允许学校保安人员携带枪支，19 个州中至少有 466 个学区允许教师或工作人员携带武器。在这种情况下，了解公众对学校枪支的看法至关重要。通过 2018 年对 1,100 名美国成年人的全国调查，我们调查了公众对武装我们国家学校的支持。尽管对于携带武器的学校资源官员存在共识，但受访者对武装教师和非教学人员存在分歧。那些相信枪支防御有效性的人，在政治上倾向于右翼，在种族上怨恨，年纪大，并且有孩子更有可能支持武装非执法学校人员。全国步枪协会会员资格和利他主义恐惧与支持武装教师有关，而对伤害他人的道德错误的信念预示着反对教师一手拿着枪另一只手拿着苹果。