The bill's passage in the Republican-led Legislature comes a year after a shooter opened fire and killed six people at The Covenant School in Nashville.
Tennessee lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow the state's teachers to carry concealed handguns at school, as protesters yelled their opposition from the gallery. The bill was approved in a 68-28 vote in the Republican-dominated Tennessee House.
Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday passed legislation to allow some trained teachers and school staff to carry handguns despite pleas from Democrats, students and gun-reform advocates to defeat the bill.
The Tennessee legislature passed a controversial bill allowing teachers to carry guns, causing protesters to scream their disapproval and cause chaotic scenes on the state House floor. The bill was passed just over a year after the Covenant school shooting when a former student killed three students and three adults.
The Tennessee House passed a bill Tuesday that would allow some public school teachers to carry concealed guns on campus. Why it matters: This was the last legislative hurdle for the measure before it goes to Gov.
House lawmakers in Tennessee overwhelmingly passed a bill to arm teachers in schools, nearly a year after a shooting at a private school left three children and three adults dead.
The Tennessee House passed a bill Monday that would allow some public school teachers to carry concealed guns on campus. Why it matters: This was the last legislative hurdle for the measure before it goes to Gov.
The bill would allow one staff member per every 75 students to carry a concealed weapon. So, a school with 1,050 students may have up to 14 school staff members carrying a concealed weapon.
Lawmakers voted Tuesday to pass a GOP-backed bill that would arm teachers in Tennessee schools. HB1202 / SB1325 passed the Senate earlier this month, sparking outcries from teachers, students, Covenant School parents,