Article snippet: President Donald Trump continued to push the idea of arming teachers in schools during a meeting with state and local officials at the White House Thursday but also said having "active shooter drills is a very negative thing." "I mean if I'm a child and I'm 10 years old and they say we're gonna have an active shooter drill and they say 'what's that?' and I say 'well, people may come in and shoot you,' I think that's a very negative thing to be honest. I don't like it," Trump said. "I'd much rather have a hardened school. I don't like it. I don't like, I wouldn't want to tell my son that you're going to participate in an active shooter drill and I know some of them actually call it that. I think it's crazy, I think it's very bad for children." Trump said he'd prefer a "hardened school" where teachers with training or a military background carry weapons. "We have to harden our schools, not soften them up," Trump said. “You come into our schools - you’re gonna be dead. And it’s gonna be fast,” he added later. Later, White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah tried to clarify that the president doesn't oppose safety drills to show teachers and students what to do in an active shooter situation, but that calling them "active shooter drills" could scare young students. "The term active shooter drills particularly could be frightening for young children, he thinks a drill that has a different name that the brand of it frankly doesn't frighten children might... Link to the full article to read more