Capito, Manchin disagree with Trump on arming teachers

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Both of West Virginia’s U.S. senators said President Donald Trump’s plan to arm teachers with guns in school won’t help solve a complex problem.

“I don’t think a teacher should carry a gun in a classroom,” said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va, in an interview at her Charleston office last week. “I’m probably going to get — I just don’t think that’s going to solve the problem.”