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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signs into law bill allowing armed teachers
Gov. Bill Lee signed into law Friday a controversial bill to allow school teachers and staff to carry guns in school.
The law goes into immediate effect.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/26/tennessee-gov-bill-lee-signs-arming-teachers-bill-into-law/73467826007/
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If you can read this, thank an unarmed teacher (Original Post)
SupportSanity
Apr 28
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GPV
(72,388 posts)1. Hear, hear! --Another teacher
SYFROYH
(34,186 posts)2. Is there a state or district requiring teachers carry firearms?
Or is that not a real thing?
SupportSanity
(251 posts)3. Allowing, not requiring......yet
Note: It's not just teachers that are allowed to carry guns. It's all school staff. Who would be included on that list?
SarahD
(1,344 posts)6. The lunch ladies, I hope.
No more complaining about the goulash.
SYFROYH
(34,186 posts)7. I suspected the meme was an overstatement.
keithbvadu2
(37,060 posts)4. Does TN accept ALL liability for teachers/staff being armed?
SarahD
(1,344 posts)5. Maybe more effective if armed.
"All right, Johnny. This is it. You read that paragraph or I blow your kneecap off."
Captain Zero
(6,870 posts)8. Right, tough love.
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Dan
(3,590 posts)9. And will the unnamed teacher(s) be liable when some student(s)
Steals their gun(s) and proceeds to use it in the classroom or the school?
It is not a question of if it will happen, it is a question of when it will happen.
But then, maybe they anticipate that good teachers with guns will deal with the threat?
republianmushroom
(13,913 posts)10. Nails it.