After last year’s Covenant School shooting, Democrats pushed for more gun control – they’ll get more guns, instead.
Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday, April 23, that will let teachers carry firearms to school. After the Covenant School shooting of last year, Democrats and anti-gun advocates called – as they generally do after such tragedies – for stricter gun control. The GOP-controlled legislature, however, delivered the opposite, and overwhelmingly so. The bill to arm teachers passed the Tennessee Senate 26-5 and the House 68-28, and numerous attempts by Democrats to amend it failed.
Arming Teachers, and More
Per the new legislation, teachers and other members of school staff who wish to carry concealed on campus must have an enhanced carry permit, get written authorization from the school’s…
