conservative audience, the nra sponsored pac. the president said it's high time to stop the cycle of massacres in the american schools. >> the problem is people have talked over the last 20 years. it's all talk. it's no action. and we're going to take action. >> reporter: the president said protecting the nation's children can't be left to security guards or school police officers alone. pointing to the florida deputy who waited outside last week's shoot thing without rushing in. >> a security guard doesn't know the children. doesn't love the children. this man standing outside is school the other day doesn't love the children. probably doesn't know the children. >> reporter: instead, he's calling for well-trained teachers to carry concealed weapons. >> i don't want a person that's never handled a gun to be armed. out of your teaching population, out of your teaching population.