Tennessee approves allowing teachers, principals and staff to carry guns in schools

by times news cr

2024-04-28 20:37:21

The Parliament of Tennessee approved a bill that allows teachers, directors y school staff carry hidden weaponsa year after a fatal shooting at a school in this state.

The measure was approved by the House of Representatives. At the beginning of April he spent in Senate and now the governor’s signature is pending Bill Leewho declares himself “open” to the idea of ​​carrying weapons and has never vetoed a bill.

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The regulations establish requirements for school employees to be able to carry firearms, such as having received 40 hours of “basic training in school police” and as many hours of training per year.

The measure was approved just over a year after a man opened fire at an elementary school in Nashvillewith a balance of three children and three members of staff dead, before being killed by the Police.

Following the shooting, the Republican-led Tennessee House of Representatives expelled two African-American congressmen after they stormed a session to demand stricter gun controls.

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Fatal shootings are common in the country, where there are 400 million firearms in circulation. In 2020, 45 thousand citizens died from gunshot wounds, whether due to suicide, accident or homicide, according to figures from the Control Centers and the Disease Prevention (CDC).

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2024-04-28 20:37:21

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