One year after the deadly shooting at the Nashville school
| The House of Representatives of Tennessee has passed a bill that would allow teachers and school employees to carry weapons in the workplace! |
report Mehr News Agency, according to the Los Angeles Times, the Republicans of the House of Representatives of the state of Tennessee, USA, in an unprecedented move, approved a bill, according to which some teachers and school staff of this state can work in the educational environment. to carry weapons; An action that was accompanied by the reaction of the protesters!
The Tennessee House of Representatives approved the bill with 68 votes in favor and sent it to the office of Republican Governor Bill Lee for final consideration. If finally approved, this law will be the biggest step to expand access to weapons in the United States after last year’s deadly shooting at Nashville elementary school.
Four members of this parliament, who are all Democrats, opposed this bill; A bill that was previously approved by the Senate of the state of Tennessee. According to the new bill, only the principals of Madras and the police know which of the employees carry weapons, and it is forbidden to disclose it to the parents of students and even other teachers.
According to this bill, before the staff of a school can carry weapons, the principal of the school and the local judicial authorities must approve it. The new proposed bill is significantly different from what the governor of Tennessee proposed last year in response to the Nashville shooting; In fact, at the time, Republican lawmakers immediately vetoed his attempt to ban gun access and possession for people who are considered a danger to themselves or others!
Of course, this time it seems that the veto of the bill is unlikely because the lawmakers only need a small majority of both houses to pass the said bill. Republican sponsor of the bill, Ryan Williams, said: “What we’re doing is creating deterrence.” Across the state, we have a lot of challenges when it comes to shootings.
According to a report by Giffords Law Firm, a gun control advocacy group, about half of US states allow teachers or other school staff to carry concealed weapons in some way. are given in the workplace. During the March 2023 shooting at Nashville Christian Elementary School, three students and three adults were killed and the attacker was also shot in the leg.
