WASHINGTON (AP) — The former congressman who’s heading the National Rifle Association’s school emergency response program that would include volunteers to help guard children says it makes sense because it’s similar to placing air marshals on planes.

Asa Hutchinson tells ABC’s “This Week” that the air marshal program has provided a deterrent and made flying safer.

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