Washington,
Under pressure to act, President Donald Trump today vowed to find a long-term solution to stop growing gun violence in America and floated the idea of arming teachers to prevent a repeat of the recent Florida school shooting that killed 17 people, mostly students.

Trump responded to a number of emotional stories from the survivors and parents of victims from the shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14 by pledging to act on school shootings “two minutes” after a listening session.

The event, hosted in the White House’s State Dining Room, brought Trump face-to-face with angry students and parents who have demanded firmer action on gun violence.

“We want to learn everything we can learn. Starting about two minutes after this meeting, we’re going to work. This is a long-term situation that we have to solve. We’ll solve it together,” Trump said.

“You have gone through extraordinary pain, and we don’t want others to go through the kind of pain that you’ve gone through. Wouldn’t be right,” said the President.

Trump said that his administration would look strongly into gun purchase ages, as well as the “mental health aspect.” A Pollack, whose daughter died in the school shooting said that it is time for the country to come together. “We as a country failed our children. This shouldn’t happen,” he said.

“I can’t get on a plane with a bottle of water, but we leave it, some animal could walk into a school and shoot our children. It’s just not right, and we need to come together as a country and work on what’s important, and that’s protecting our children in the schools. That’s the only thing that matters right now,” Pollack said.