White House to Arm Teachers Instead of Raise Age to Buy Guns Despite President Trump's previous statement to raise the minimum age to purchase guns, the White House announced it will provide "rigorous firearms training" to teachers instead. The new proposals come three weeks after after the Parkland, Fla. school shooting. Trump is also establishing a Federal Commission on School Safety that will be headed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. "But the plan that we're going to advance and talk about is a pragmatic plan to dramatically increase school safety and to take steps to do so right away." Betsy DeVos