Tennessee Republican lawmakers have passed a bill that would let some teachers and staff carry concealed handguns on public school grounds.
The bill's passage in the Republican-led Legislature comes a year after a shooter opened fire and killed six people at a Christian school in NashvilleHouse Republicans on Tuesday after they passed a bill that would allow some teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns onThe 68-28 vote in favor of the bill sent it to Republican Gov. Bill Lee for consideration.
A veto by Lee appears unlikely, since it would be a first for him and lawmakers would only need a simple majority of each chamber's members to override it. “My Republican colleagues continue to hold our state hostage, hold our state at gunpoint to appeal to their donors in the gun industry,” Jones said."It is morally insane.”
Despite coordinated campaigns after the shooting to persuade the Republican-led Statehouse to enact significant gun control measures, lawmakers have largely refused. They dismissed gun control proposals put forth by Democrats and even by Lee during regular annual sessions and a special session, even as parents of Covenant students shared accounts of the shooting and its lasting effects.
Tennessee Republicans have pushed to loosen gun laws over the years, including approving permit-less carry for handguns in 2021. Lee backed the change.
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