"Where does the government stand on arming and training our teachers, much in the way we use air marshals on airplanes?" asked Santa Fe senior Alexis Wilson.
Pelosi offered sympathies to Wilson over the shooting but concluded that she and her Democrat colleagues "do not think that is the solution."
"Following a tragedy like this all we want to do is pray for the families, but I do not support arming teachers and the rest," Pelosi stated.
Cuomo, moderating the town hall event, pressed Pelosi about her seeming hypocrisy on the issue.
"There’s a little bit of an either-or problem with how we’re trying to approach solutions. ... The building we’re in now, the building you work in, the point of entry there is secure," he said. "You don’t walk in with a trench coat with a shotgun underneath your jacket, and get in. It doesn’t happen, you know this."
The CNN cameras panned to Wilson in the audience, who was clapping to show support for Cuomo's pushback.
WATCH: Santa Fe Survivor, CNN Challenge Nancy Pelosi On Armed Guards: Your Building Is Secure
Pelosi offered sympathies to Wilson over the shooting but concluded that she and her Democrat colleagues "do not think that is the solution."
"Following a tragedy like this all we want to do is pray for the families, but I do not support arming teachers and the rest," Pelosi stated.
Cuomo, moderating the town hall event, pressed Pelosi about her seeming hypocrisy on the issue.
"There’s a little bit of an either-or problem with how we’re trying to approach solutions. ... The building we’re in now, the building you work in, the point of entry there is secure," he said. "You don’t walk in with a trench coat with a shotgun underneath your jacket, and get in. It doesn’t happen, you know this."
The CNN cameras panned to Wilson in the audience, who was clapping to show support for Cuomo's pushback.
WATCH: Santa Fe Survivor, CNN Challenge Nancy Pelosi On Armed Guards: Your Building Is Secure