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APA Voices Opposition to Using Federal Funds for Schools to Buy Guns
August 23, 2018
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The American Psychological Association issued the following news release:

The American Psychological Association called on Congress and the administration to back away from a reported plan to allow states to use federal funding to purchase guns for educators.

APA President Jessica Henderson Daniel, PhD, termed the idea ill-conceived.

"Research has shown that, absent rigorous military or law enforcement training, the presence of a . . .

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