Bill to let some teachers carry guns advances in Tennessee. Parents wouldn’t be notified.
A trainee prepares to fire her gun at a target during a three-day firearms training course for school teachers and administrators in Colorado in 2018. Tennessee legislation would let some public school teachers or employees carry a concealed handgun on campus after completing 40 hours of certified training in school policing. (Jason Connolly/AFP file via Getty Images)
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Legislation to let some public school teachers carry handguns gained momentum as the GOP-controlled legislature quashed new attempts to tighten the state’s lax firearm laws following last year’s mass school shooting in Nashville.
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Marta W. Aldrich
Marta W. Aldrich is the senior statehouse correspondent at Chalkbeat Tennessee. A newswoman for The Associated Press for most of her career, Marta has covered state government, politics, business, education and other Tennessee news. She has served as news editor of United Methodist News Service and features editor of American Profile magazine. Marta is a graduate of Memphis City Schools and the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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